Ikebana, the Japanese floral art, is an ideal way to connect with nature and find inner harmony. This ancient art not only ...

A total of 14 workshops are planned for this year's Arkansas Cherry Blossom Festival, which is set for April 11-12 at the Hot ...

All are beloved fictional baseball characters found through the decades within Japanese comic books, the artform now known ...

April in Kansai bursts with color and excitement. Alongside cherry blossom festivals and seasonal traditions, you'll also ...

Singer Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast is inspired by 17th-century Dutch vanitas works for her new album cover ...

I saw a painting of a woman, head down on a table, collapsed from melancholy,” remarks indie pop visionary and bestselling ...

Higashiyama was a contemporary of Yasushi Sugiyama, Togyū Okumura, and Maeda Seison. Throughout his career, he was honored with the Japan Art Academy Prize, the Order of Culture, the Mainichi Art ...

A Japanese gel manicure is best described as a natural nail treatment that nourishes and strengthens the nails before any ...

The "Mixed Bathing World Executive Committee" based in Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, southeastern Japan, has just installed its two latest artworks in "ALTERNATIVE-STATE," an art project that started ...

Craig Naylor moves around the dojo with ease and intention. He walks over to a stand holding a framed black and white photo of Morihei Ueshiba. A shrine for the martial art of Aikido founder, who died ...

Among Japan's famous martial arts there lies one that has remained almost unheard of in the West. Kyudo, the martial art used ...

Garten’s swordsmanship program, called Winchester Battodo, teaches a style called Nakamura Ryu Battodo. The classes began ...