SOCIETY

1. 

   Shinkokinshu: An Anthology for Our Time

   Most Japanese newspapers carry a weekly column of waka (poems in 31 syllables) and haiku (poems in 17 syllables) submitt…

   • 2018/8/23
   • ARTS & LITERATURE
2. 

   Showing Some Metal

   It is hard to overestimate the importance of t…

   • 2018/8/17
   • TRADITIONS
3. 

   Élan for Lotus 

   In Homer’s great epic the Odyssey, the eponymous h…

   • 2018/8/17
   • TRADITIONS
4. 

   Peak Season

   With the 2011 completion of Tokyo Sky Tree, Ja…

   • 2018/8/17
   • TRADITIONS
5. 

   Zen and the Art of Culinary Happiness

   Becoming a Zen monk is hardly the stuff of off…

   • 2018/8/17
   • TRADITIONS
6. 

   Stony Expressions

   • 2018/8/17
   • TRADITIONS
7. 

   Way to Go

   • 2018/8/17
   • TRADITIONS
8. 

   Silk Tops

   • 2018/8/10
   • TRADITIONS
9. 

   Fruits of Success

   • 2018/8/10
   • TRADITIONS
10. 

    Lacquer Respect

    • 2018/8/10
    • TRADITIONS