Kotodama (the spirit of words). Will believers be saved?

More popular abroad than in Japan? What is so great about ukiyo-e?

Bushido 5: Hagakure – The Samurai Mind

The Japanese thinking of “necessary evil” (hitsuyo aku). You are not judged a bad person just because you have broken the law!

Bushido 5: Hagakure – The Samurai Mind

A hidden prodigy. A genius painter who was quite odd.

What did the emperor of Japan say on 15 August?

A shrine that only those called on by the gods can reach. Can you get there?

A truly strange festival where one can complain regardless of hierarchy: “Chiba Warai”