Last spring, three college friends and I decided to take our annual meetup a little farther afield, booking a self-guided ...

Akebia, known as the chocolate vine fruit, thrives in Japan’s mountainous landscapes, where generations of farmers have mastered its cultivation. Harvesting this rare fruit requires patience and ...

Nurseries such as Ruibals and North Haven Gardens often stock a wide variety of Asian herbs, including lemongrass, Vietnamese ...

Growers often train branches to grow into desired shapes by wrapping them first with protective raffia, then with bonsai wire ...

The Nakasendo road still exists in its entirety - as do dozens of the post towns it weaves between - and can form an epic ...

At the forefront of the movement to replace plastics with bamboo are major bamboo production areas in China such as Zhejiang, ...

‘Don’t worry about swimwear, you have to be naked for the Onsen hot spring’. And with that, my ‘off the beaten track’ tour ...

All you need to know about our experience at the 52-room Banyan Tree Higashiyama Kyoto designed by Kengo Kuma.

February may have just begun, but it’s already a month that Kizer has been making the most of. They’ve just added several ...

MD&A Architects and studio ADAPL collaboratively design a habitat of calm and culture—a duplex apartment that delicately ...

“Bamboo is a misunderstood plant in our culture because it is used for funeral rites and has a negative connotation,” says ...