There’s a special moment when Katsushi Horikawa feels closer to the gods. It comes as he rides atop one of the towering ...

The Japanese empress continued a 155-year-old silk-harvesting tradition reserved for imperial consorts as the monarchy ...

Belgium ties, one event in Brussels featured haute couture dresses made from traditional fabric from northern Japan.

Subscribe to Marlin magazine and get a year of highly collectible, keepsake editions – plus access to the digital edition and archives. Sign up for the free Marlin email newsletter. Japan is an island ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zach is a writer who covers pro golf and golf travel. Japan is a place where tradition meets innovation. Ancient temples stand ...

A visitor to Japan who wanders into a sumo tournament might be forgiven for thinking they had intruded upon a religious ceremony. Tournaments begin with a line of burly men wearing little more than ...

Since January 2014, the Southern Arizona Japanese Cultural Coalition has been putting on an annual Japanese cultural event in Tucson. It started out as a New Year’s mochi pounding event and has grown ...

Japan’s kawaii culture didn’t go global by adapting to Western tastes – it did it by doubling down on its own identity. That was the central argument at one of the 2026 Golden Melody Festival’s most ...