Aug 28, 20203 minJapanese Kitchen Knives: A Cut Above the RestAs with many crafts in Japan, knife making has been refined through the generations to make Japanese some of the best in the world....
Aug 15, 20202 minGozan no Okuribi: A Burning Send-offEach year, on August 16 as the culmination of Obon, five massive burning characters appear on the mountains surrounding Kyoto once the...
Jul 22, 20202 minObon: A Dance to the AncestorsRight around mid-August people gather together in Japan for a holiday. They return to their hometowns, visit cemeteries to leave...
Jul 22, 20202 minBring in the Luck with Maneki Neko!A figure of a white calico cat sits, holding a coin in one paw, and beckoning onlookers with it’s other paw raised by its head. This is...