The distillery is surrounded by beautiful bamboo forests on a mountain – they must be getting to my brain. It turns out the water in the area is the reason the first whiskeys in Japan were distilled ...

Traditionally, the intent to fuse architecture and nature has always been present in Japanese culture, But this contemporary Buddhist temple boldly sends bamboo soaring towards the sky. The space for ...

I love a beautifully-designed lighting fixture because I truly believe a really great one has the ability to illuminate a space – both literally, and metaphorically. Besides the physical light that it ...

A group of Malaysian tourists were caught carving their names into a famous bamboo stalk at Kyoto's Arashiyama Bamboo Forest, sparking widespread outrage online. A video clip, shared four days ago by ...

Our first impressions of Japan were full of surprises as we travelled from Osaka to Kyoto and Nara on a snowy day. We wandered through the peaceful Arashiyama Bamboo Forest, tried Japanese beef bowls ...

Recognize the photograph above? It adorns walls, computer screens and websites for psychiatrists and financial planners. It's also on shower curtains, tote bags, maxi dresses, neck gaiters and ruffled ...

The exhibition "Modern Twist: Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Art" offers an antidote, full of intriguing objects that ask nothing more than to be admired for their beauty and human ingenuity. As an ...

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Eerie creaking and odd groaning. I had never been to Asia and had never sat on a bench in a bamboo grove, as I was doing, watching leaves flutter and long green bamboo trunks ...

Students create a peaceful bamboo forest using depth, perspective and atmospheric effects. This worksheet develops landscape drawing, composition and observational skills inspired by the natural ...