September 22, 2021
Intricate works of art created by folding colorful pieces of paper can been seen at the Tokyo Origami Museum located near the Sumida River’s Umayabashi bridge in Sumida Ward, Tokyo. Visitors can ...
The city of Honjo in Saitama Prefecture sits in an important area in terms of ancient history, with more than 600 confirmed ancient tombs, 30% of which have been found with haniwa clay figures in them...
A book written by the then teenage author Naoki Higashida 15 years ago has appeared in a new form in Japan this spring, as a film adaptation by a British director. Now that it has been read in many pa...
In the early Edo period, Hasekura Rokuemon Tsunenaga, a samurai and retainer of Sendai daimyo Date Masamune, traveled to Spain and Rome at the behest of Masamune, who wanted trade with Mexico, which w...
Noh and kyogen are sometimes likened to twins among traditional Japanese performing arts. Roughly speaking, noh plays are tragedies, and kyogen plays are comedies. Currently, kyogen has two major scho...
The Japanese Classical Dance Association Inc., whose members include nihonbuyo (classical Japanese dance) dancers as well as kabuki actors, uploaded a video of a dance production titled “Chi Sui Ka ...
At-home transmissions of the novel coronavirus are on the rise. It is important to take precautions at home as the virus can be transmitted from an asymptomatic person.
“It is important to do what...
Now is the time of year when you feel like enjoying a steaming dish. And, according to Ryohei Hayashi, owner of the Japanese restaurant Tenoshima in Minato Ward, Tokyo, salted pork oden stew is an id...
Walking around Musashimurayama in western Tokyo and strolling past the many restaurants, the words “kate udon” kept popping up. It got me thinking, “What are kate udon noodles?” Through my res...
