Fifty considered Japanese gifts worth sending. From Marukyu Koyamaen matcha and Tojiro knives to Kagami …

A Japan summer, month by month: Gion and Tenjin in July, Nebuta and Awa Odori …

Japanese minimalist fashion, explained: the ideas behind the cut, the designers who changed Paris in …

Japanese Americana, explained: how postwar Japan learned American style, why Okayama makes the world’s benchmark …

A Japan winter, planned month by month: city illuminations, the Sapporo Snow Festival (February 4 …

Japan culture, theme by theme: the values behind daily life, etiquette in practice, tea and …

Disney Japan, planned with care: how Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea differ, which hotels sit …

Yanaka is the part of Tokyo that kept its old shape. A guide to its …

Sushi and sashimi share a counter, a knife and a fish market, yet they are …

Vintage shopping in Japan, city by city: the Tokyo neighborhoods, the Kyoto temple flea markets, …

All 27 World Heritage Sites in Japan, mapped region by region: Nara’s wooden halls and …

Things to do in Tokyo with kids, chosen for families who would rather slow down: …

Scuba diving in Japan, region by region: Okinawa’s reefs and the Kerama Islands, Ishigaki’s mantas, …

Diving in Okinawa, site by site: the Blue Cave and Cape Manza on the main …

Movies set in Japan, from Lost in Translation and Kill Bill to Shōgun and Perfect …

Japanese gifts for grandparents: gyokuro tea, a shogi set, bonsai scissors, a yosegi puzzle box, …

Missing someone has an old Japanese name for its tenderness. Read longing, heartbreak and parting …

What ikigai teaches about beginning again. Ken Mogi’s five pillars become five small, practical ways …

An open room, one flowering branch and a garden beyond: the whole subject in a …

The silence between the notes is the music. The space around the flowers is the …

How ancient Japanese hierarchy worked, from the court ranks of 603 and the samurai age …