Seokguram Grotto is designated a National Treasure and is close to the Bulguksa Temple complex. In it are some of the finest ...

A Cup of Tea Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire ...

Japan is often ranked amongst the world's friendliest countries to visit, with its citizens being described as kind, helpful, ...

Japan’s quirkiest museums are not limited to urban hubs. Travel just slightly off the beaten path and you will find novel ...

As Japan embraces increasingly diversifying family structures, there is a need to bring about a society where an individual's freedom of choice is res･･･ ...

After staying for 10 months at the Haven for the Elderly, a Department of Social Welfare and Develop- ment-managed facility in Tanay, Rizal offering care to abandoned, neglected, or unattached ...

Good to know: In winter, dress warmly. All visitors are required to sit on the temple’s chilly floor and use a calligraphy ...

in Kyoto’s Higashiyama district, as an escape from the world. Wealthy merchant s the Mitsui family purchased the tea room in the Meiji era (1868–1912), and it was relocated to Urakuen in 1972.

But when the liquor began to be mass produced during the Edo period, from 1603 until 1868, an unspoken rule barred women from breweries. The reasons behind the ban remain obscure. One theory is ...

According to 44-year-old Daisuke Amano, the seventh-generation master of Amanoya, the original basement was renovated during the Meiji era (1868-1912) to become what it is today. A look at the ...