How did Takashi-san's illustrations become Japan's de facto clip art? Watch the vid and find out. Local officials said “about ...

With most of the population gone, residents of one village in Japan have come up with a novel plan to make it less lonely — replacing people with puppets. Fewer than 60 people live in Ichinono ...

Hori had come to talk with Avant about a Japanese art collection she wanted to donate ... to become tax collectors and shōya, or village leaders. Get a monthly roundup of upcoming plant-related ...

The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens has a new attraction that will bring the essence of a 17th century farming village to San Marino. It is called the Japanese Heritage Shōya ...