A kissa—or, more traditionally, a jazz kissa—is a type of café that initially sprang up in Japan in the 1920s as a communal ...

Original wallpaper designs by Morris are on show as well as the work that inspired him, including rare Victorian and Japanese designs dating from the 1830s. A visitor looks on at the William ...

No, it’s not a theme park – it’s Epic Systems in Verona, Wisconsin! This sprawling campus is like a love letter to European ...

You’ll get nothing but a very good look from your display, especially if it’s set up with a vector illustration-based wallpaper. The trace icons ... systems and as its name suggests it consists of ...

Japanese collectors spent billions on European ... By Zachary Small Covered windows, peeling wallpaper: For the first time outside of Amsterdam, an exhibition reconstructs Anne’s hiding place ...

Located in the coastal city of Himeji, this castle is one of the best examples of traditional Japanese castle architecture. It is also one of the oldest surviving medieval structures in Japan and ...

A ceremony to distribute traditional round rice cakes was held on Monday at Hikone Castle in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan. The castle is designated as a national treasure. Eleven members of the ...

Japan’s core consumer inflation accelerated to 3.0% in December, the fastest annual pace in 16 months, data showed earlier on Friday, in a sign rising fuel and food prices continue to push up ...

MIHARU, Fukushima Prefecture--The ruins of Miharu Castle, which once dominated this town in northeastern Japan, can now be viewed in all its former glory courtesy of an app developed by the ...

International tourism to Japan has exploded in recent years ... The mayor of Himeji, whose castle is one of the most iconic in the country, sparked a national debate by suggesting a higher ...

As 2024 nears its end and we look back on the year in entertainment, it was clearly one when Japan-related works loomed large on the global market. It is a diverse group of works. Some were made ...

A weekly ranking of the most popular songs in Japan combining physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, YouTube and GYAO! video views and karaoke data, compiled by Billboard Japan.