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1 week ago |
japantimes.co.jp | Laura Pollacco
Against the stunning backdrop of Miyama, Kyoto Prefecture, a location famed for its traditional thatched-roof houses, the Minka Preservation Society will host a two-day event focused on heritage architecture and thoughtful approaches to renovating kominka (traditional wooden houses).
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2 weeks ago |
japantimes.co.jp | Laura Pollacco
Born and raised in Tokyo, 29-year-old Joshua Thomson offers a fresh perspective on Japan in his bilingual videos on Instagram and YouTube. Through comedy and dialogue, Thomson is expanding notions of what it means to be Japanese. 1. How is 2025 treating you so far? It’s been interesting, if slow. Last year I returned to Tokyo from the U.K. and worked so much that I was exhausted by December, so this year was a slow start. 2. At this point, how tired are you of explaining your background?
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1 month ago |
japantimes.co.jp | Laura Pollacco
In 2015, an unusual discovery was made in Malta’s capital city, Valletta: forgotten samurai armor from Japan. This find kicked off a period of painstaking restoration resulting in the armor’s shiny debut at the Expo 2025 in Osaka. “We were restoring our Grand Master’s Palace when our Heritage Malta (a national agency for museums and cultural heritage) colleagues uncovered this huge box,” Josephine Farrugia, deputy commissioner general of the Malta Pavilion, tells The Japan Times.
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2 months ago |
japantimes.co.jp | Laura Pollacco
Shogo Yamaguchi, 30, has been sharing his love of Japanese traditional culture with the world through his YouTube channel Let’s ask Shogo since 2020. The Kyoto-based cultural enthusiast and content creator’s goal is to protect and promote Japan’s traditions, from tea ceremony to martial arts and beyond. 1. Are you ready for the cherry blossom-fueled surge in tourism? In certain locations, it's going to be absolutely crazy.
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2 months ago |
japantimes.co.jp | Laura Pollacco
This is a sponsored story, created and edited exclusively by Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s Tokyo Updates website. Buddhism is one of Japan's leading religions, second only to Japan's native Shintoism. In Buddhism, the goal is to attain enlightenment and liberation (nirvana) by practicing the teachings of the Buddha, who himself achieved enlightenment by sitting in meditation under a bodhi tree.
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