A new exhibition at the National Museum of Asian Art showcases the longtime cultural meaning in the practice of chanoyu ...

Fan art inspired by Studio Ghibli anime is nothing new ... to continuing traditional artistic methods and Ghibli’s status as a point of pride for Japan as a whole, and the idea of AI trying to copy ...

The recent surge in AI-generated images mimicking the distinctive style of Studio Ghibli has prompted discussions among Japanese ... art styles, including that of Studio Ghibli. While Studio Ghibli ...

“The cat has a red collar and probably belonged to Buddha,” the temple’s head priest said. “This conveys the feelings people at that time had for cats.” Add TheJapanNews to your Google News feed. Core ...

I have been granted the extraordinary privilege of seeing Osaka from a place of supreme comfort. As I write from 33 stories above the city’s bustling streets, I’m propped up on Simmons bedding ...

Seamless paper screens. Forest lights. Temple-inspired chairs. Purist bathtubs. A micro-house. Rippling tatami wall panels. And a washi-wrapped church interior. The presence of Japanese design was ...

Dior creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri showed her fall fashion collection of loose, minimalist styles in the garden of Toji temple in Kyoto ... including traditional Japanese textile company ...

Tea caddy, named Sakai Kokatatsuki, with red lacquer tray and scroll, China, Yuan dynasty, 1279–1368, brown stoneware with black iron glaze and ivory lid; lacquer; paper and silk, National Museum of ...

the basin of water located at the entrance to temples and shrines in Japan where visitors are supposed to symbolically purify their hands before progressing further towards the main hall. The police ...

Tucked deep in the Japanese countryside, an abandoned villa hides a breathtaking secret — a million-dollar art collection, left untouched for decades. Inside are priceless paintings, rare ...