The Shigarakicho district of Koka, Shiga Prefecture, is famous for its production of Shigaraki pottery. Snake ornaments are ...

Graffiti at historic shrines, car thefts and other incidents have raised concerns about Japan's perception of foreigners ...

Mandarin Chinese utilizes thousands of characters, each with its unique meaning and pronunciation, while Japanese employs three different scripts: hiragana, katakana and kanji. Learning these scripts ...