Cartographer Ino Tadataka (1745-1818) was 55 years old when he set out on his first surveying trip in 1800 to chart the coast ...

A Japanese forest and trails that were forgotten long ago. There are no blogs, no maps, and nothing that shows where they lead. Today we camp out in Japan, and hike them to see where they take us.

Years later, Keiko is 36 years old and in the same konbini position ... Some plot points may feel outdated, but the stories ...

It took years to set the record straight; a Japanese map depicted ... were drawn by 15-year-old Lilian Lancaster to entertain her sick brother. Each map is an anthropomorphic reflection of part ...

It’s for this reason that Sandfall Interactive’s Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 stands out amongst other western RPGs, deeply ...

Ernie Pyle gave his life for something bigger than himself—explaining the calamity of war from the vantage point of the ...

When was the last time you were truly captivated by the presentation of a new AAA game, especially if it was a fresh IP?

As the insects moved south, Maine’s landowners rushed to harvest still-healthy trees. Thousands of acres of the North Woods ...

Japan's falling population is owed, in part, to a spike in the success of women in the workforce. A greater percentage of ...

But this isn't just any ordinary cherry blossom tree grove; it's also the domain of 97-year-old Tōemon Sano: Japan's most renowned sakuramori (cherry blossom guardian). For more than a millennium ...

One of the ways in which Japan enshrines the subtle meaning of these concepts is through the realm of art. Beauty in old Japan, as everywhere in the premodern world, was a vessel of knowledge.