Most people know the basics of major holidays—decorating trees for Christmas, hunting eggs at Easter, watching fireworks on ...

Their bathrooms draw inspiration from philosophies like kanso (simplicity), shizen (naturalness), and wabi-sabi (embracing ...

Imagine having one foot firmly in the modern world and the other planted deep in the realm of folklore and fantasy. A ...

Every morning, my Japanese wife Hiroko gets out of bed before dawn and boils hot water to make tea for her father. It hardly matters that he died six years ago. The household altar on which she also ...

Americans may find comfort in autumnal staples like apple picking, pumpkin carving and trick-or-treating, but these traditions are not celebrated universally. In Japan, however, many stores are ...

Regardless of the weather, Adam Kubokawa will face temperatures exceeding 100 degrees inside the tempura booth at the 45th annual Diablo Japanese American Summer Festival in Concord. There, Kubokawa ...

Customers who stopped at the Té House of Tea on a recent Sunday afternoon may have come in for a special brew of tea, but experienced much more. Roughly 25 patrons at the teahouse and restaurant, 1927 ...