In Japan, the lines and signs that indicate places you can and cannot enter are quite vague. These Kekkai, or boundaries, can take the form of a length of bamboo, for example, lying on its side at ...

For the first time in nearly 120 years, "hachiku" bamboo is flowering all across Japan. The hachiku bamboo plant expands by sending out underground stems, which can grow at a rate of about 2 ...

One Hong Kong-based Malaysian family felt that way about the soothing, otherworldly bamboo forests of Kyoto, Japan. But since it wasn’t practical for Daniel Tan, a stay-at-home dad, and See See ...

The material came from the blades of a hand fan, which was a souvenir brought from Japan. When Edison sought bamboo from around the world, he was introduced to Japanese timber bamboo through the ...

Takhmau Boarding School combines a robust concrete skeleton with light and organic bamboo skin, protecting the inside from the harsh tropical sun while allowing for natural ventilation.