New trends in color, material, and practical design shaping floral packaging for the year ahead We design our paper to ...

Social media has turned traditional Japanese matcha into a commercial trend, though its roots lie in Zen Buddhism. A scholar of premodern Japanese literature unpacks that history.

On your next visit to Japan, skip Tokyo and Kyoto in favor of the less touristy region of Hokuriku, where ancient craft and ...

The ancient art of Japanese garden design offers a profound sense of tranquility and a deep connection to the natural world ...

The plant filled space surrounding a Japanese teahouse, acts as a buffer zone. Filtering out everyday reality and readying ...

Mostly it is a place of natural observation, and in the journal I found the patterns of a year. Here, then, are excerpts that ...

Non-stop attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh, houses torched in Firozpur, attempts to burn people alive. This is the latest ...

For Hawaii residents looking to stretch their dollars without sacrificing quality or joy, Daiso represents a retail oasis in a sea of high-priced options. It’s a place where $35 truly can feel like a ...

KYOTO--Offering passengers the joy of setting out on a scenic journey, the panoramic train Mai debuted on Dec. 1, operated by ...

Scientists who study monkeyflowers sometimes feel as though the plants are looking back at them. The blooms are said to resemble the faces of playful monkeys—hence the name—complete with a speckled ...

A Japanese flower lures in its pollinators with a morbid perfume — the scent of injured ants. Mochizuki first noticed the grass flies while studying pollination at the Koishikawa Botanical Gardens in ...