Their precarious existence is disrupted by the return of a neighbor who deserted the war and the appearance of a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre mask, leading to psychological torment and primal ...

What is the new “blue tragedy” unfolding at the abandoned hot spring? The once-popular hot spring inn known for its “beauty-enhancing hot spring” is now a ruin. There was a rumor that it ...

Most Japanese commuters continued wearing face masks on March 13, the day the central government ended its three-year request for protective measure against COVID-19. At JR Shinagawa Station in ...

KYOTO — Noh mask carver Keiko Udaka is breathing new life into a block of wood from a 200-year-old Japanese cypress tree. In her quiet workshop in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto, which also functions as a noh ...

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