Before it was called a kimono, which simply means...  ...a kimono, which simply means "wearing thing," the Japanese garment was called kosode. As in other places aro...  ...changed from that point is what made it uniquely Japanese , just as clothing in other parts of the world wer...  ...ltural signifiers.Like m...

In the 1820s, Japanese artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi illustrated a series of...  ...s the other way around. While there may have been Japanese men with large, colorful tattoos before Kuniyoshi...  ...Boston, is the author of the new book Tattoos in Japanese Prints. She talked to Coll...

How does one celebrate Halloween in Japan ? The holiday wasn't a thing until a critical numb...  ...and they dressed up in costumes and did what the Japanese do -ride the commuter trains. In the 1990s, train...  ...signs that read, “Stupid Gaijin, Get out of Japan !&rdquo...

Dressing up your kitty this Halloween? Even if you...  ...ms these elastic-secured hats are all the rage in Japan and now your little furball can be totally chic a...

The Ainu people have lived on Hokkaido for over 20...  ...ido is the northern of the two largest islands of Japan . The other, Honshu, is the dominant culture, so m...  ...the dominant culture, so most children raised in Japan learn little about the indigenous Ainu. In fact,...  ...elieve the Ainu are extinct! B...

The following is an article from Uncle John's OLD...  ...ve occasion to visit a children’s school in Japan , use the third stall in the third-floor bathroom...  ...countries have Babau, and so on. Moms and dads in Japan have a similar tradition. But where the American...  ...ed in vague and amorphous terms...

Japanese rice paddy art is like paint-by-numbers, except t...

Haruko Hiratsuka (Raichō), Yoshiko Yasumochi, and...  ...to a slowly growing population of educated young Japanese women. Seitō was a hit from its very first print...  ...hout originally intending to, they became some of Japan ’s pioneering feminists.The magazine caused...

In 1871, Ōyama Sutematsu was sent to the United S...  ...step in the process of opening up and modernizing Japan after a bloody civil war. A few years later, she...  ...ivil war. A few years later, she became the first Japanese woman to earn a college degree when she graduated...  ...when she graduated from Vas...

Cough drops sometimes try to taste like candy, but...  ...use that's the newest flavor they're releasing to Japan . The good news is that because it has 2.1% throat...