Ahead of a record-breaking travel boom, the capital’s best stays fuse futuristic comforts with artisanal touches—proof that Japanese hospitality is constantly being reimagined.

A traditional Japanese sewing technique called sashiko, taught to victims of a 2011 disaster, has sparked a business creating ...

SHARIGATO, a new hand roll restaurant by Chef Shari Lynne Robins, is opening at Joinery in Fall 2025. Drawing inspiration ...

Craig Naylor moves around the dojo with ease and intention. He walks over to a stand holding a framed black and white photo of Morihei Ueshiba. A shrine for the martial art of Aikido founder, who died ...

Back in college, I purchased a utilitarian black metal bed frame and memory foam mattress from Wayfair. It was a solid bed: ...

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The Japanese government is set to introduce new standards on evaluating the durability of wooden buildings with the aim of significantly extending their legal longevity for easier financing and ...

The exhibition focuses on three core aspects of Japanese carpentry: Domiya daiku (temple and shrine carpenters); sukiya daiku (teahouse carpenters); and kigumi (wood joinery). As an exhibition, it’s ...

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a northeastern coastal city. The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares (5,190 acres ...

However, it perhaps best known for rather unorthodox wooden products, such as bicycles, wheelchairs and even refrigerators. Although Japan is described as a resource-poor country, it is rich in ...

The wood, Japanese big-leaf magnolia, Erman’s birch and yamazakura (Cerasus jamasakura), showed very little deterioration during the experiment. The scientists decided to use Japanese big-leaf ...