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The Koto Tamer: How Michiyo Yagi Is Electrifying the Traditional Japanese Instrument

By Nick Narigon

Zen and the Art of the Japanese Tea Ceremony

By Sarah B. Hodge

What Life is Like for Kyoto’s Maiko and Why “Geisha Hunting” is Now Banned

By Sarah B. Hodge

An Alternative Guide to New Year's Hatsumode in Tokyo

By Jordan Green
a view of sensoji temple in Asakusa

Japan's 9 Most Popular Shrines and Temples for Hatsumode (First Visit of the New Year)

By Lisa Wallin
Homeless Kotani Tokyo Weekender

"I Rented a Homeless Guy for a Day": One TW Writer Spends an Afternoon with Comedian Kotani Makoto

By Zoria Petkoska

Japanese Words We Can't Translate: Betsubara – Fill Your Second Stomach

By Lisandra Moor

Japanese Hanko Artisans: “To Lose This Culture Would Be Unbelievably Sad”

By Kimberly Hughes