First emerging in Japan in the Asuka period of about 538 to 710 C.E., the intricate woodworking practice of kumiko has since ...

Furoshiki is the Japanese art of aesthetically folding square-shaped material for practical purposes, such as gift wrapping, transporting daily items or even decoration. Incorporating traditional ...

Here and below are some of the Japanese avant-garde designers, photographed for T over the course of a few months, who have ...

In Japan, there has been fewer opportunities for ... gradually decreased after peaking at 16.52 million "tan" of kimono cloth (enough to make 16.52 million kimono) in fiscal 1971 ending in ...

A new Japan-exclusive limited edition Darth Vader / Anakin Skywalker by Hot Toys will be released at Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025. The figure is a detailed representation of Anakin as he appears ...

Right out of Star Wars Celebration, io9 has your exclusive first look up close at some of Hasbro's latest, surprisingly hairy ...

and carried by westerly winds to Japan and elsewhere. The firm's president, Toshiki Matsuda, advises against wiping yellow dust off glasses with a cloth, clothing sleeves or neckties, describing ...

Note: Kobo Daishi is the posthumous name of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835).