Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum not in New York City, a place we ...

Cultures all around the world partake in the joy of syrup over shaved ice, and Hawaii is certainly no exception. Come explore ...

Breakthrough findings span from Paleolithic period to Qing Dynasty Discovery: Findings shed light on origins of Chinese ...

Are you one of 40 million travelers expected to visit Japan soon, but want a place less touristy than Tokyo and Kyoto?

Give your bob a major refresh with one of the biggest burgeoning trends of the season: the hime bob. The Japanese cut is ...

Don’t you sometimes feel that travel can be so mundane? Have you ever considered adding a little bit of nobility to spice up ...

Dr Thani Bin Ahmad Al Zeyoudi, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Trade, officially inaugurated the 2nd Edition of the ...

Visitors looking for the "real Japan" may find it on a new long trail two hours from Tokyo that shows off the country's history, culture, and natural beauty.

With Japan’s first full-colour film, Carmen Comes Home, screening around the UK, we dive into the luminous world of Japanese colour filmmaking in the 1950s and early 1960s.

was a distinguished scholar and statesman of the Heian period (794–1185), known for his deep love of plum blossoms. As a result, nearly every Tenjin shrine across Japan—numbering around 12,000 ...

This hyperseasonal method of cataloguing nature’s patterns first came to Japan by way of China in the sixth century. By the Heian Period (794-1185), the use of the koyomi was well established in ...

I set out on a 3 ½-week trip to Japan. The timing worked out — the favorable dollar-to-yen exchange rate, mild weather, and vibrant autumn foliage made it a great time to visit. With little ...