Japanese culture

TORRANCE, Calif.—The City of Torrance hosted the ninth annual Cherry Blossom Festival on April 3, in honor of the cherry trees gifted by a Buddhist organization, Soka Gakkai International, and ...

TORRANCE, Calif.—The 2022 Cherry Blossom Festival will return to the City of Torrance on Sunday, April 3, to ...

NEW YORK—Some years ago I had the pleasure and privilege of appearing in the classic Kabuki play "Kanjincho" ...

Bonsai is distinct from other visual arts in that its creative medium—a tree—is alive. Unlike a painting or ...

In a world where technological advancement seems to be at the forefront of almost everything, it can sometimes ...

Thirty flower messengers, reminiscent of the flower sellers in Japan’s traditional Edo period, walked the streets of Kensington ...

The constitution written by Japan's Prince Shotoku's layed the groundwork for a peaceful and reverent people.

SAN FRANCISCO—The eighth annual Japanese Cultural Summit (J-POP) was held in San Francisco over the weekend of July ...

The newest player on Japan's animal café scene is the prickly hedgehog. The Harry café (a play on ...

Canadian Katsura Sunshine performs Japanese rakugo comic storytelling.