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

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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 ...

What a country creates shapes its culture, and even its identity. We know this to be the case, or else there wouldn’t be worldwide phenomena like K-Pop or Swiss chocolate. The inverse is also true, as ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center is known for its rich programming and lush artwork. This season, JACCC invites the community to experience its tapestry of Japanese traditions through ...

Most visitors opt for taking ‘the golden route’, spending most of their time in the iconic cities of Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka.

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 ...