California was once a hotbed of Japanese wine producers, until 20th-century legislation boxed them out. Over a hundred years later, a comeback is underway.

Several tabletop games inspired by traditional culture and set in Kyoto have been released recently. Their simplicity allows ...

India's perfumery tradition spans thousands of years, with mentions in ancient texts like the Vedas. The art form originated ...

Japanese foreign minister honors war dead in Seoul Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya burns incense to pay tribute to ...

The sumo museum has a full-sized wrestling ring and visitors with a foreign passport are granted free entry.

International tourism to Japan has exploded in recent years, and while the official figure for 2024 is yet to be released it is now certain to be a new record in excess of the 31.9 million who ...

Pilgrimages have been part of Japanese culture for over a thousand years. The UNESCO-listed Kumano Kodo is legendary among ...

There are many pilgrims’ roads in Japan, but the Henro is among the oldest and ... then head for the shrines to light my last three incense sticks. Here, I meet Kuse Naoki, a silver-haired pilgrim in ...

Takamine is a new whiskey made with koji, a mold that’s long been used in Japan for starting fermentation.Credit...Kosuke Okahara for The New York Times Supported by By Clay Risen One afternoon ...

Millions of Japanese people will return to their home towns to be with their families, visit neighborhood shrines on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, and watch the New Year TV program "Kohaku Uta ...