The inclusion of rice water in skin and hair care products has risen from the dead like anything in the past years. This ...

Wood ear mushrooms may not be a common ingredient in everyday Japanese home cooking, but they are believed to have been ...

O ne of the easiest ways to get a true sampling of the whole country is by booking a two-week cruise, which means you unpack ...

With no solid object of fixed colour against which to correlate, "blue" has historically had the capacity to range loosely over the colour spectrum. In the case of Japan, "ao" denoted a range of blue ...

Before we’re old enough to even see over the dashboard, we learn that green means go and red means stop. This internationally recognized traffic light color system is standard in most of the world.

In a bid to attract visitors frustrated by Japan’s crowds, one coastal corner of Fukui prefecture offers genuine connection with locals over Japan's usual tourist tropes.

This is part of Uncovering Japan, a collection of stories that spotlight the lesser known gems that belong on your Japan itinerary, offering everything from a wellspring of local craft and a ...