Nestled in the heart of the Honshu mountains, Takayama’s nickname is “the little Kyoto of the Alps,” and for good reason: its ...

The Art, Design & Architecture Museum presents “A Tale of Sea Wanderers,” the largest collection of Tomiyama’s work outside ...

Erik Buhrow dreams of retiring in Japan. Until then, he's renting out the akiya, or abandoned home, to other Americans who ...

Such a symbiotic relationship between modern technological development and historic preservation is being formed and ...

Japan-based IG Architects has designed a concrete house in Okinawa, Japan looks like a pyramid or ancient tomb with its angular shape.

Ipswich web and sheetfed printer Ancient House Press has entered liquidation, only a month after its owner told Printweek that the business was undergoing a corporate restructure. New filings on The ...

The ancient universities of India were intellectual powerhouses that attracted scholars from distant lands interested in studying mathematics and astronomy as well as philosophy and medicine.

From ground-breaking sound installations to sustainable architecture – art aficionados have plenty to look forward to in ...

SHIRAKAWA, Gifu -- An illumination event at a UNESCO World Heritage-listed settlement in this central Japan village began on Jan. 13, lighting up historic thatched houses. Tourists in the ...

In those years, Ishikawa-gumi Seishi was one of Japan’s largest silk-making companies. Founder Ikutaro Ishikawa built a two-story, Western-style guesthouse in Iruma to entertain foreign traders with ...

And not just any small house, but an iconic Swedish red house with white corners. Launching on a Japanese moon lander and mounted to the front bumper of the mission's rover is the "Moonhouse," a ...

The tea is accompanied by a seasonal Japanese sweet and a simple explanation ... Close to Uji Bridge is a tea house named Tsūen that looks as if it is right out of a period drama.