Moving west, we come to Ehime Prefecture, which is also a part of the Shikoku region. Aoshima might be the most sparsely populated of Japan’s Cat Islands, with just 15 permanent residents compared to ...

The history of origami is challenging to unfold, as any ancient pieces have long since disintegrated. Buddhist monks brought paper to both Korea and Japan from China around the sixth century. While it ...

扭蛋在日语中的说法有好几种，根据地域不同，会有Gachagacha（ガチャガチャ）、GashaPon (ガシャポン)、Gacha (ガチャ)等说法，这些都是模仿扭蛋的声音的拟声词演变而来。 比如GashaPon就是模仿转动扭蛋机旋钮时的“咔嚓”（Gasha）声，以及打开扭蛋时清脆的“砰”（Pon）的一声，这些生动的发音可以 ...

Tales of the samurai are synonymous with swordsmen around the world, but in fact some of Japan’s most celebrated warriors were women. Technically, women couldn’t become samurai. But samurai was a ...

If you’re camping, you’ve got a head start. If you backtracked on the trail to find a place to stay, you’ll have to take the train back to where you left the trail in Hashikami. From here, there are ...

Almost all of Japan’s warlords took sides, and participated in the battle preparations. In fact, the Battle of Sekigahara is known as the largest battle in Japan’s feudal history, with an estimated ...

每三年舉辦一次的新潟越後妻有大地藝術祭，顧名思義就是和土地有關，整個概念就是把土地和藝術結合起來「與自然共生」，同時也邀請當地的居民一起參與藝術活動。錯過了的朋友不用失望，因為非藝術祭期間來到這裡，依然可見到許多戶外的藝術裝置與設施，其中位於松代地區的「農舞台 ...

Started in early 2020, "Miwa’s Japanese Cooking" already has close to 90,000 subscribers, proving that YouTube audiences can’t get enough of everyday Japanese food. Kamakura-born Miwa has lived in the ...

秋天每次出行只知道去岚山、高尾山这种人人皆知的景点？在秋天出行高峰去的话，常常只能体验到什么叫人山人海，感受到的也就是换个背景的涩谷十字路口——放眼望去漫山遍野都是人。其实还有很多自然风光绝佳的地方。这就让我们一起来走进日本最大的高原湿地吧！

Engetsu Island in the city of Shirahama (Wakayama Prefecture) is small, as islands go, but it has a charm that outweighs its size. An NPO has even designated it one of the best spots in Japan to watch ...

In Japan, this type of storage takes advantage of the fact that houses are traditionally built raised a foot or so off the ground; the storage boxes can be simply cast in concrete and water-proofed.

As I walked toward the center of the cascading waterfalls, severe coldness gripped my feet, and the rhythmic chants of a Shinto priest disappeared under the sounds of torrents pounding the rocky ...