One of the easiest ways to get kids hooked on reading is to get them into a great book series. All it takes is a captivating Book 1, and they're off and running. Fantasy, mystery, science fiction, ...

Haruki Murakami’s The City and Its Uncertain Walls is a mesmerizing exploration of love, memory, and identity, blending his ...

(Photo provided by Chisato Ichikawa) MATSUYAMA -- A tea ceremony event using a "mobile tea ceremony room" crafted by carpenters specializing in building Shinto shrines, Buddhist temples and ...

The city of Kyoto is famous for being the former seat of imperial Japan. It’s also the country’s cultural and spiritual capital, with hundreds of Buddhist shrines and Shinto temples. They’re a big ...

The gods, figures, creatures, characters, and meanings are all unique to those that westerners are used to. The books below were written for those with interest (but not expertise) in Japanese ...

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She also photographed and made films during that time and includes in her book black-and-white and color photos as well as a few reproductions off her watercolor paintings. Those five years were ...