The infamous Enako Ring turns into a road as fans swarm venue to catch a glimpse of her. In the diverse and many storied world of Japanese cosplayers there’s one…
Extra-luxurious travel mode returning to Tokyo-Kyoto-Osaka bullet train route for first time in over two decades. Japan is in a bit of a dormant season right now as far as…
It really puts the “fuk” and “u” back into “fukubukuro.” Lucky bags, also known as “fukubukuro” in Japanese, are a really fun New Year’s tradition that puts a little zing…
Humans have been creating pigments for thousands of years, foraging for local materials that could be ground or extracted to create colors. The 17,000-year-old cave art in Lascaux, France, for…