But what you can re-create is the food. The term “matsukaze” is attached to many concepts in Japan’s cultural consciousness. Literally translated as “wind blowing through pine trees,” it ...

The tangy drink is shaken with egg white and strained. It’s served in a traditional Japanese tea cup and finished with bitters. $17 The deeply flavourful Naked Matcha is a Japanese twist on the ...

In December 2024, UNESCO added Japan's traditional techniques for making sake, shochu and awamori to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list. Alcoholic drinks have long played a vital role in ...

Sake has fueled many joyous and commemorative occasions in Japan. Now, it has provided another reason to celebrate. UNESCO on Dec. 4 registered the “traditional knowledge and skills of sake ...

BARRETOS, Brazil—In the dead of night at a slaughterhouse in Brazil’s southeastern farming belt, a group of men splattered in blood gathered around the entrails of a cow to see if they had hit ...

People in a community in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, braved the cold on Tuesday night to join in a New Year ritual meant to bring good fortune and health. The traditional event in the ...

This boutique specializes in handmade silk kimonos from the 1920s to the 80s, all sourced from small-town vendors and auctions in Japan ... has some stigma among traditional Savile Row customers ...

Nintendo announced its next-generation video game console Thursday evening, providing the first official details of the successor to the hugely successful Switch, which was released almost eight ...

United lost again at home, 2-0 to Crystal Palace, and now has seven defeats in 13 league games at Old Trafford this season — something not seen since the 1890s. The chances of City winning a fifth ...

With cherry blossoms soon to bloom in the capital, the Imperial Household Agency announced that a street within the Imperial Palace will be opened for public viewing from March 23 to 31.

The Grand Palace will probably be on the itineraries of most first-time travelers to Bangkok. That's because the complex once served as the residence for multiple Thai kings, their royal courts ...