In Japan, bobtail cats are considered good luck and Nagasaki is the place to find them. They are known as “omagari neko (bent ...

Your Saturday brunch routine will never be the same. Why Dragonfly’s Metamorphosis brunch needs to be on your to-visit list.

The iconic Japanese dolls range from a couple of inches to several feet in height, and there are thousands of them at the 1,300-year-old temple, located about an hour from downtown Osaka in Minoh ...

At Katsuo-ji Temple, Daruma dolls watch from every corner. They peer between tree branches, cluster around altars, and dot winding pathways, flashes of bright red among the hillside forest. The iconic ...

Osaka, Japan (CNN) — At Katsuo-ji Temple, Daruma dolls watch from every corner. They peer between tree branches, cluster around altars, and dot winding pathways, flashes of bright red among the ...

Welcoming shoppers and presenting the exclusive offers of MITSUKOSHI is Mitsuko the Kokeshi doll. Reimagined as MITSUKOSHI BGC’s Honorary Marketing Manager, she represents the Japanese art of ...

TOKYO -- Japan's Hina Matsuri festival, celebrated every spring in hopes of girls' healthy growth, typically features displays of "hina" doll sets. However, with more people living in apartments ...

Galvanized by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the manager of a kimono fabric store in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, began crafting kokeshi dolls in 2014 to promote his ...

Years of donations have created a wide-ranging collection, from wooden Kokeshi ... doll festival, also known as "Girl's Day," traditionally includes tiered displays of figures representing ...

It may not ring a bell to you now. But the reality is that it is actually inspired by the Kokeshi dolls of Japan! Born a hundred years ago, to be accurate, around 200 years ago, woodcutters migrated ...

Made with clay, wood (Kokeshi) or even layering of paper (Miharu Ningyo or Takasaki Daruma), these started reflecting side occupations in the rural society. And lastly, Japanese dolls find its way ...