As one of Japan’s three major traditional performing arts, alongside noh and kabuki, bunraku is renowned for its exquisite ...

Rather then planning a whole day of cleaning (and dreading it the moment it arrives), the idea is to treat the act as an ...

Join National Geographic photographer Jonathan Irish as he explores the natural landscapes, iconic landmarks, and historical ...

In an age of Y2K-inspired loud graphics (think neon chrome, pixel motifs and holograms), a contrasting movement has quietly ...

Once sourced, the slabs of stone were assembled, cut in profile, then carved into its present shape by a robot, milling under a stream of cooling water. The “rough” milling produced a sculpture ...

Kyoto City warmly welcomes travellers and culture lovers coming in for the summer to explore some of its most treasured ...

The Floating World,” a multimedia extravaganza inspired by the art of 18th- and 19th-century Japan, is on view through September at the Cleve Carney Museum.

For Ryushun Kusanagi, Buddhism is more than a religion, as it can serve as a philosophy of life to cope with modern daily life. On the other side of the screen appears a Buddhist monk. He appears in ...

Nara Japan offers beauty, history and deer encounters, and is especially gorgeous during cherry blossom season.

Negoroji temple is one of 88 that must be visited to complete the roughly 1,400-km Buddhist pilgrimage known as the Shikoku Henro, part of which runs through Kagawa Prefecture. Impressive art ...

SWAT: Junsei Terasawa, a prominent Buddhist monk from Japan, on Sunday emphasised the profound historical and cultural connections between the ancient region of Gandhara and Japan, particularly in ...