A festival in Seoul promises a warm spring mood at the beautiful royal palaces in the capital. The Royal Palaces and Tombs Center of the Korea Heritage Service and the…
We, Friends of Shoseian, are very pleased to announce the event for next month, April 20th which will be a rare opportunity to see a demonstration of a 400+ year…
This statue of Guanyin is comparable to the statue of Venus de Milo and is known as the pinnacle of Buddhist art in the Tianping era. It was the American…
Japanese Zen is actually based on what the Buddhist monk Mei’an Einishi learned from China in the 12th century. In addition, it is recorded that Akian Einishi was the one…
The most powerful monster in Japanese mythology is the Yamata no Orochi. According to the Kojiki, Japan’s oldest book, “Eight heads and eight tails are huge, spanning eight valleys and…
There are many festivals in Japan. In this series of topics, we will select 3 of the most representative events by type and introduce them to readers. This article will…
Story performance of puppetshow Ningyo Joruri is one of the three major traditional performing arts in Japan, along withNoh and Kabuki. The performance form of telling stories through puppetry originated…
About 30 years ago, Mr. Sawai walked around Osaka City to investigate Jizo. In addition to distributing candy like I experienced this time, there are many other ways to do…
Kojima Sohonten, a long-established sake brewery in Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture, is famous for its Toko brand and produces carbon-neutral sake that does not emit carbon dioxide (CO2), and has received…
A long time ago, there was a ferocious demon king. He had magic in his body. He could not float away when he fell into the water. He could not…
