A look at the traditional farmhouses now commonly called kominka—“old folk dwellings”—a name that underscores their age. They ...

For residents and visitors to Tokyo, the closest isle worthy of the Cat Island designation lies in Kanagawa Prefecture, the capital’s neighbor to the south. Enoshima, which can be accessed from a ...

Yes, that’s right. Bear attacks and encounters were such a popular news item in the Land of the Rising Sun last year, it was almost comparable to COVID-19 and Trump updates. Bear encounters have been ...

For the next thousand years, Japanese paper folding was largely restricted to religious ceremonial use, as paper was expensive. However, paper-making was one of the many industries that flourished ...

The most interesting features of Japanese homes bring tremendous practical advantages. Most of these ideas make it possible to use space more flexibly. Some improve physical health and comfort. Yet ...

日本尾濑国立公园横跨了日本群马、福岛、新泻、枥木四县，是日本最大的高原湿地公园。因为其特别的地质和气候，在那里你可以看到各式各样的花草鸟兽，日本有些学校每年都会组织学生去 ...

相传荞麦原产于现今中东，中国四川、云南一带，尔后又传往欧洲及亚洲其他各地。 在日本的纪载中，据高知县所遗留的生活纪录，从绳文时代开始，便有荞麦的“踪迹”，但主要的食用方法不 ...

Kobe is home to some 200 pearl companies and an international port that dates back to 1868. In the port’s early days the city had a foreign settlement and a hall for traders from abroad. Japanese ...

To understand what happoshu (発泡酒) is, we first have to go back to Japan's Beer Tax Law. Introduced in 1901, the law required breweries meet certain production volume requirements in order to obtain a ...

"Several artistic renderings from the era bear striking similarities to the classic depiction of a flying saucer, or UFO." In recent years, as UFOs have become a subject of proper journalistic and ...

你是否有过这些烦恼呢？ 1.虽然还是想飞去日本玩，但每次去总是都泡在相似的商店街、大同小异的百货公司，好像有点公式化..... 2.想到远一点的地方亲近大自然，但又不能自驾..... 3.懒得想 ...

AccuWeather looked at snowfall rates in cities with 100,000 or more people to give Toyama City (population about 415,000) the No. 3 position in the world, with an average 363 centimeters (143 in) of ...