KYOTO—City officials are attempting to combat a return of graffiti marring Arashiyama’s bamboo forest, one of Kyoto’s most ...

For this year's autumn reward trip, I went to Hakone with Yuki-chan. We stayed at the 'Wa no Auberge - Kitanokaze Saryo'.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 ...

Hello. I'm ren, a lover of Japanese folklore. I have a bias that those reading this must also love folklore and, by extension, be book lovers, so I have been writing personal reviews of books I've ...

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 ...

When it comes to wellness, chef and best-selling cookbook author Candice Kumai doesn’t just talk the talk—she walks the walk, literally. As a practitioner of shinrin yoku (AKA forest bathing), the ...

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 ...