Hamarikyu Garden in Tokyo, Japan Do you want to create a Japanese-style garden? Japanese gardens have a unique composition that makes us feel still and calm. What is it about them? Understanding the basics, design...

A woman in blue yukata with green sash sits on veranda Overview of Yukata Yukata is a traditional dress designed to spend comfortably in Japan’s hot, humid summer. For example, navy and white color combinations...

Japanese tea house, Chashitsu in Japanese, is where Chado, the tea ceremony takes place, which expresses Japanese sentimentality and aesthetics through the act of drinking tea. It is a rare place you can reflect...

Aizu-wakamatsu , Japan – April 21, 2018: Aizu Sazaedo Temple or Entsu Sansodo built in 1796, it’s one of the oldest wooden structures of its kind and a designated Important Japanese Cultural Property...

creepy doll look scary in high contrast Onryo – Japanese spirits of grudge or ghosts, now popular thanks to films such as The Ring, The Grudge, or Dark Water. Is an Onryo only female with pitch-black long hair...

TOKYO, JAPAN – APR 12, 2019: Kabuki-cho Colorful Neon lights, Shinjuku Famous street Crowd people Nightclub Bar Restaurant Tokyo Japan nightlife Yakuza is Japanese mafia whose activities are permeated throughout...

Scenery portrait of the posture of zen Buddhism monk in Japan, Kamakura Types of Buddhism developed in Japan: We have seen the early Japanese Buddhism was for the court elites and used as a tool to centralize the power...

Japanese Buddhism, a Buddhist monk at Mt. Koyasan steps up to the temple Japanese Buddhism #1 – In modern times, Japan’s most popular schools of Buddhism are Pure Land, Shingon, and Nichiren Buddhism which...

Japanese Onomatopoeia – What’s onomatopoeia? It’s the words which express the sound of things in general. The term came from France which has 600 Onomatopoeia, English has 1000 Onomatopoeia, and...