The famed Ikenobo school of flower arrangement held its centuries-old annual “Hatsuike” ceremony (first flower arrangement of ...

Otajinja shrine is said to have been built from 1441 through 1443 in the Muromachi Period (1336-1573 ... shrine’s worship hall sits on the Sea of Japan coast, the main building was constructed ...

The Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) is a Partnership between the Government of Japan (GoJ) and the World Bank conceived in the wake of the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s. It was ...

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Of course you do. If escaping modernity is what you crave, there is no better carriage ride to a different, more elegant era than a good period piece. It’s a genre famous for big dresses ...