Onsen-steamed custard pudding in Beppu picked as best in Japan
April 23, 2021 NEW
Tokyo home with a view: no roof over the living room
April 22, 2021
‘Amateur’ artist charms fans with lifelike bamboo insects
April 22, 2021
Kawagoe online tour promotes post-pandemic tourism surge
April 9, 2021
Going for gold; miniature model of retired train for 10 million yen
April 7, 2021
Mishima’s long-lost short novel headed for print after 72 years
April 6, 2021
Hashida, who wrote 'Oshin,' many other hit dramas dies at 95
April 6, 2021
400-year-old prayer tablet found at Kyoto’s Kiyomizudera
April 6, 2021
Anyone for tea? Only if it is served in small bowls, not shared
April 5, 2021
Memorial held to mark death of Prince Shotoku 1,400 years ago
April 4, 2021
Unopened Super Mario Bros. game from 1986 sells for $660,000
April 4, 2021
Abandoned Kobe hotel awarded tangible cultural property status
April 4, 2021
Beloved father actor Kunie Tanaka dies at 88
April 3, 2021
Two Takarazuka stars to perform on stage for last time on April 11
April 2, 2021
CRAFTED IN TOKYO: Kamawanu turns traditional tenugui into stylish scarfs
April 1, 2021
Spring exhibition in Kyoto to unveil splendid cultural treasures
March 30, 2021
Emperor and empress pray for pandemic to end quickly in poems
March 26, 2021
How two friends made art history buying a $70M digital work
March 26, 2021
Artisan hogs limelight by lacquer coating prized Harley
March 25, 2021
High school kids build Edo Period tricycle out of home center buys
March 24, 2021
Massive picture scroll on poet Basho's life on display for 1st time
March 22, 2021
Stuck-at-home musicians make synthesizer wind instruments a hit
March 21, 2021
Digital art brings nightly spectacle to blossom-filled Kairakuen park
March 19, 2021
Confusion over what constitutes real Japanese whiskey settled
March 16, 2021
Vinyl record sales up more than 10 times from decade ago
March 15, 2021
Controversial chair of NHK’s governing board re-elected
March 10, 2021
Lost paperback by Edogawa Rampo found in Kyoto warehouse
March 10, 2021
New boss of cultural agency once in charge of copyrights
March 6, 2021
Famed German conductor Winschermann dies at 100
March 5, 2021
Toko Shinoda, internationally renowned artist, dead at 107
March 4, 2021