Gold, silk, lacquer: the kit and garb of Japan’s imperial ceremony
Tokyo, Japan | AFP | Tuesday 10/22/2019 – 09:57 UTC+8 By: Miwa Suzuki Rarely seen outfits, elaborate thrones and ancient paraphernalia adorn…
Performers from the San Jose National High School danced their way to victory as they clinched the Grand Prize in...
Mahjong tile-making is a dying craft in an era of mass-produced tiles for the table-top game, popular in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
In Japan's picturesque Ago Bay, oysters will produce a glistening white pearl from a cultured farming technique invented in Japan that is in decline as experts die out in the ageing country.
Mohsen al-Khayami has for years watched sadly as his once lucrative craft business dwindled and fellow artisans deserted the ancient...
More than a hundred people take a midwinter dip known as the annual kanchu suiyoku, at Teppozu Inari Shrine in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, on Sunday.
In the two months leading up to Tết, the Lunar New Year, the fashion houses across the country launch their latest áo dài (Vietnamese traditional costume) collections for the year.
Four of Italy's braver souls continued a seven-decade-old New Year's tradition Tuesday, leaping off a bridge in Rome into the river Tiber.
From Edinburgh to Lisbon by way of Berlin, the chilly thrill of a New Year's dip appealed to many looking for a bracing way to ring in 2019.
Togoville runs a lively traditional barter market where traders, fisherfolk and farmers from surrounding villages flock to trade their produce.
New research by Mintel has found that 36 percent of adults in the United Kingdom feel stressed at Christmas time.
