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The Art of Dyeing: Traditional Craft and Sustainable Fashion Technique
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The Advent of Omiyage and its Transformation through Time
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Telling Tales with Ainu
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Bodies collide in relative silence, the only sound the powerful smack of skin against skin. In seconds, the match is over, and the trainees step out of the ring. Sumo moves at blink-and-you'll-miss-it speeds, but takes years of training and intense
A simmering stew, overflowing with vegetables, protein, and packed with all the nutrients necessary to fuel these impressive fighters, chanko nabe is the traditional meal of sumo champions. Since each rikishi must undergo hours of training in a sin
From potential to pure power: rikishi (the formal term for a sumo wrestler) are frequently scouted from young ages, even being recruited at 13 or 14 years old. After demonstrating athletic promise, these young recruits are brought into the sumo hey
Kintsugi is commonly linked to wabi-sabi, an aesthetic belief derived from Buddhist teachings that appreciate beauty in the “imperfect, the impermanent, and the incomplete,” and mushin, “no-mind,” or, acceptance of changing co
Little is more evocative of Japan and its sensibilities than a cup of green tea. Tea cultivation in Japan dates back to the early Heian period, when the Buddhist monks Saicho and Kukai brought back to Japan tea plants from China. Since then, tea has
An aesthetic ritual that refreshes the senses and engages in often spiritual levels of reflection, tea ceremony, or sado, is one of Japan's ancient arts that has withstood the tests of time. While sado's ancient origins are strongly linked to Zen B
The intersection of human aesthetics and arboreal beauty, bonsai embodies nature while embracing artifice. This centuries-old practice has origins in Japan's Heian period, an era of flourishing culture and aristocratic society, and was initially im

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