Summerhill International School Provides Enriching Environment Where Creativity Blossoms and Children Shine
Summerhill International School Provides Enriching Environment Where Creativity Blossoms and Children Shine
The Koto Tamer: How Michiyo Yagi Is Electrifying the Traditional Japanese Instrument The koto is a slumbering beast. The method of extracting sound from the traditional Japanese…
Zen and the Art of the Japanese Tea Ceremony As the winter sunshine crept across the tatami, our hostess, tea master Masumi Kirihata, performed…
What Life is Like for Kyoto’s Maiko and Why “Geisha Hunting” is Now Banned Rewind to Christmas Eve, 2010 – my very first visit to Kyoto. Wandering the nearly…
An Alternative Guide to New Year’s Hatsumode in Tokyo New Year’s in Japan is a time for family and celebration, similarly to how Christmas…
Japan’s 10 Most Popular Shrines and Temples for Hatsumode (First Visit of the New Year) Hatsumode, or the first shrine or temple visit of the new year, is the thing…
“I Rented a Homeless Guy for a Day”: One TW Writer Spends an Afternoon with Comedian Kotani Makoto In Tokyo, you can hire out all sorts of people just to keep you company…
Japanese Words We Can’t Translate: Betsubara – Fill Your Second Stomach According to the Oxford Dictionary, there were an estimated 170,000 words in use in the…
Japanese Hanko Artisans: “To Lose This Culture Would Be Unbelievably Sad” Steps from Kamakura Station, in an area alive with passersby, sits a quiet shop whose…
Meikyoku Kissa: A Guide to Tokyo’s Masterpiece Cafés Tokyo’s café culture is a reflection of the capital’s dichotomous nature. Ultra-modern, third-wave coffee shops…
A Guide to Using Your Japanese Hanko Now that you’ve acquainted yourself with what a hanko is and what the basic types…
A Quintessentially Japanese Experience: Arts Council Tokyo Presents Noh Theatre Despite Typhoon Hagibis’ quick approach, Arts Council Tokyo offered short refuge from the rain inside…
Japanese Words We Can’t Translate: Mottainai – A Lesson in Humility According to the Oxford Dictionary, there were an estimated 170,000 words in use in the…
A Day in the Life of a Japanese Noh Actor “I still get nervous before shows,” says Takehito Tomoeda. Watching him strike a solemn, assured pose…
The History of Hanko: A Guide to Japan’s Ink Seals Japan’s custom of using seals in lieu of signatures has been recorded for just under…
Be Enthralled by the Mystery of Tottori Kagura Without Leaving Tokyo Updated on October 13, 2019: The event on Sunday will be on! And we’ve made it…
