Hinoki's fragrant, rot-resistant wood has been prized for centuries in traditional Japanese architecture. It's essential for building shrines, temples, and ...

... best loved and most extraordinary prints. It is a celebration of the style and world of Japan's finest cultural flowering at the end of the shogunate.

Kukai, also known as Kobo-daishi, was the founder of the Shingon School of Buddhism. Kukai is the most well-known monk from the Heian period (794-1185). Known ...

... most famous Western painters of all time. The founder of Impressionist painting, creator of the iconic Water Lilies series, and a symbol of French painting ...

Apr 14, 2016 ... The most famous paradoxical trait of Japan — and it's a cliche of travel guidebooks — is old and new. There are temples and roads and traditions ...

Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese artist and he is best known as the author ... The series made Hokusai famous in both Japan and internationally. The ...

Diospyros is often translated as “fruit of the Gods”; this may come as a surprise to most Japanese people as the humble kaki is a common fruit tree that has ...

This private museum, featuring Western art, is the oldest in Japan. Magosaburo, well-known as a collector of Japanese art, highly respected Torajiro's talent.

Passing on Japan's 'Chestnut Culture' to future generations. While Iwama chestnuts are becoming more well-known, chestnut growers are getting older and the ...

Haiku Journey is a well-executed word puzzler with some intriguing poetry. It is certainly worth a try for anyone who is curious about Japanese culture.

The ex-chairman of the Yamatane Art Foundation, Tomiji Yamazaki collected 105 works of Hayami Gyoshu known as one of the most respected Japanese artists among ...

Ueno Park, one of the most popular cherry blossom spots in Tokyo, is home to two massive and architecturally contrasting museums: the Tokyo National Museum ...

... famous Jimbocho “book town.” Today, manga is recognized worldwide as a representative facet of Japanese culture, but its history as a subject of academic ...

... (Japanese, 1760-1849)Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields. 8. There's more than 36 prints in Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji Hokusai's most known body of ...

The trailblazing Japanese painter Uemura Shōen was born shortly after Japan's ... She became most famous for her paintings of female figures, known as bijin-ga.

Discover the history and culture of Edomae sushi, one of Japan's best known culinary traditions.

The 'Maana mikan' brand name is famous around Japan and it was the first ... Discover Japan's unique dishes, its foodie culture, its diverse landscape of ...

Similar to eggplant (nasu), many cases of word play using the same pronunciation with different meanings are well-known in Japan, for example, sea bream (tai) ...

... Culture Center, Embassy of Japan in the United States. Though Higashiyama is well known for his numerous landscape paintings, his most famous work is a set ...

The most iconic soba is known as 2:8 soba, (pronounced 'ni-hachi' in Japanese) a reference to the noodle's key ingredients of two parts flour, eight parts ...