How this Japanese city is keeping the geisha tradition alive
Meet the mistress of Nara’s last geisha house — a remarkable woman who’s on a mission to keep this complex tradition alive in ...
Japan Today25 天
Japanese firm turning bagworm silk into fiber products in world 1st
Kowa has developed the brand name Minolon for the new material, drawing on minomushi, the Japanese name for bagworms. The company said it is planning investment of tens of billions of yen in a bid to ...
bernama26 天
Japanese Firm Turning Bagworm Silk Into Fibre Products In World First
Kowa has developed the brand name Minolon for the new material, drawing on "minomushi," the Japanese name for bagworms. The company said it plans to invest tens of billions of yen in a bid to boost ...
japannews.yomiuri27 天
Heirs to Kyoto Talent / Artist in Japan Adds Modern Touch to Traditional Straw Craft; Fujii ...
In a community that is surrounded by mountains, straw has been an integral part of daily life through the use of sandals, trivets and baskets for picking Japanese sansho peppers ... such as mizuhiki ...
The New York Times28 天
Americans Are Warming to a Different Kind of Japanese Whiskey
Kosuke Okahara for The New York Times Supported by By Clay Risen One afternoon in February 1891, a Japanese chemist named Jokichi Takamine arrived by train in Peoria, Ill. He was there at the ...