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Music, dance and drama - these three characters in kanji make up the word kabuki, a traditional Japanese theatrical fusion of aesthetics and culture.

Visitors to Japan seeking a modern-day cultural experience need to add Hamamatsu to their travel itinerary, the country's "City of Music."

The British Museum is mounting an exhibition of manga. The comic art book form by Japanese artist Hoshino Yukinobu is inspired by the collections at the British Museum.

Matsumoto is known for fresh mountain air, a fabulous castle, friendly people, the Japanese Alps, ukiyo-e,soba noodles and some other epicurien delights.

Despite a skyline dominated by skyscrapers, Osaka's commercial character blends with an imperial past and a rich culture that persist just below its ultra-modern surface.

Sword-style martial arts from Japan have had a great many influences. This article explores one of the strongest ties to the sword arts, the Yagyu Shinkage-Ryu.

A fundamental broth for authentic Japanese cooking, Dashi is a combination of simple ingredients rich in Umami.

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden's flair for Japanese culture makes it the ideal place for New York City 's annual cherry-blossom festival, this year with J-pop stars and tea.

A Japanese ryokan offers an interesting alternative to hotel accommodation.

December is the month for Festival Events for warriors, daruma Buddha dolls, flaming purification ceremonies and gigantic lantern floats. All this and New Year's Eve.

Chinese astrology, Lakshmi, and red string... Alys R. Yablon presents over one hundred symbols, practices, and beliefs related to luck from around the world.

Japan is a culture with a rich background of ghost stories and folktales that have manifested in a surprisingly modern way throughout the last century.

Manga, Japan's new cultural export, caters for grownups as much as the little ones. Here's a selection to explore this relatively new medium by.

Man has been using the horse for millennia. Yet the development of the stirrup in comparison is a relatively modern invention.

A number of universities across Asia have ranked consistently amongst the best universities in the world.

The Royal Academy, jointly with the British Museum and Arthur R. Miller, presents Utagawa Kuniyoshi's finest work, including woodblock prints and original brush drawings.

Kuniyoshi prints, presented to American Friends of the British Museum, will be made available on the museum's website and exhibited at London's Royal Academy of Arts.

This book explores Kuniyoshi's career by looking at his varied subject matter from Chinese hero warriors of The Water Margin to portrayals of beautiful women.

By combining theme park décor with traditional Japanese onsen, Ooedo Onsen Monogatari helps travelers experience onsen without leaving Tokyo or experimenting with sento.

The Morikami Gardens in Del Ray Beach, FL are a living textbook They demonstrate periods of Japanese garden history and design from the 8th to the 20th century.

The second part of this article focuses on navigating the actual Ooedo Onsen Monogatori facility to take away confusion about proper etiquette when visiting Ooedo Onsen.

Kanazawa has long been affectionately known as 'mini Kyoto' in Japan. Visitors can experience the mix of modern and traditional Japan in a compact, visitor friendly city