Takayuki Akimoto can’t get into the Christmas spirit as he heads a group out to destroy what it views as Japan’s financially motivated “Christmas culture” The group, founded in 2006 ...

Millions celebrate Lunar New Year in China, East Asia and around the world, but the way it's observed varies across countries ...

2025 marks an exciting new chapter for the iconic Badrutt’s Palace in St. Moritz, as it unveils the Serlas Wing, the largest ...

Canada might share a lot with the U.S., but the cuisine diverges. Here are the Canadian dishes you should try to get a taste ...

Sake has a rich history complete with dragons and gods in ancient Japan. Today, the rice wine is still sacred and has UNESCO recognition for its intangible cultural heritage. Explore the rice wine in ...

He heads out to the woods in Japan, drops his pants and does as bears do. “We survive by eating other living things. But you can give faeces back to nature so that organisms in the soil can ...

Wishing to keep the tradition alive, he acquired tools and other resources from the company and set about taking on the task of making sparklers. Sparklers made in Japan have the unique qualities ...

Many families no longer make them from scratch but for those that keep the tradition, the work usually falls to the ... I can't imagine a Tet without banh chung." Japan's snowy escape in northern ...

And the realisation that I am suffering from a bit of culture shock. Children in traditional dress celebrating Shichi-­go-san festival at a Shinto shrine. For what I experience in Japan feels ...

There’s no bigger, more fervently anticipated event in Japan than cherry blossom season, but unfortunately the pretty-in-pink floral phenomenon only lasts for a short time. Sure, you can always expect ...

Masako is carrying on a tradition with a thread said to date back 15 centuries, the Japanese imperial family's cultivation of silkworms to produce exquisite silk. With the start of the Reiwa Era ...