For anyone curious about Japan — whether you're a first-time visitor or a seasoned enthusiast — Deep Japan, a newly ...

Genshin Impact has finally released Lan Yan, a new 4-star Anemo character from Liyue. She is a pretty good unit that provides a shield that scales with her ATK.

There are four elements to the festive emblem. First, there is the Lunar New Year Wreath or Shimenawa, a traditional Japanese wreath found in Shinto shrines to chase away evil spirits. It ...

In Japan, the fiber of hemp plants has long been used for clothing, fishing equipment and sacred “shimenawa” ropes for shrines. In 1948, the Cannabis Control Law was enacted, requiring a ...

Strawfire by Ross Shonhan restaurant in Abu Dhabi, Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental. A sybaritic experience from start to ...

After attendees were purified by a priest at the shrine’s worship hall, they purified themselves by passing through chino-wa — a ring made of bamboo and a shimenawa rope measuring about 3 meters in ...

Fujii’s works range from modern pieces, called Wara Jewelry, which are only a few centimeters in size, to 5-meter-long shimenawa sacred straw ropes. Even the slightest slack in tension when creating ...

Hydro Traveler benefits from boosts to their attack stat and their elemental damage bonus, so from our initial testing we recommend using a full set of Echoes of an Offering or pairing two Heart of ...

Welcome back, folks! I look forward to every column's debut because I look forward to how all of you receive it, especially since more than a few of you have brought some interesting stuff to my ...

Fable, a popular social media app that describes itself as a haven for “bookworms and bingewatchers,” created an AI-powered end-of-year summary feature recapping what books users read in 2024.

Genshin Impact's Lantern Rite festival is an annual celebration in Liyue where everyone comes together to celebrate and claim ...