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Sixty traditional folk events halted in rural Japan due to depopulation, aging

National Jan 4, 2017

Sixty traditional folk events halted in rural Japan due to depopulation, aging

Sixty traditional festivals and dances in 20 prefectures designated by local governments as intangible folk culture assets have been ended or suspended due to population declines and the aging of rural communities, a survey has found. The importance of folk culture assets has been underscored ...

World / Social Issues Oct 15, 2015

Falling pregnant by touching boys? Africans confront sex taboos with education

When Sokhna Aminatou Sarr started menstruating, as a young girl in Senegal who had not yet reached her teenage years, her mother warned that she would become pregnant if she went near any boys. While taboos surrounding sexual and reproductive health may be common among ...

Shinagawa, a gateway to old and new Tokyo

National | AT A GLANCE Nov 30, 2014

Shinagawa, a gateway to old and new Tokyo

by Yoshiaki Miura

In the Edo Period, Shinagawa was the first "shukuba machi," or "post station town" to be built on the Tokaido, the coastal road linking the bustling Nihonbashi district in Edo, then the de facto capital under the Tokugawa shogunate, to Kyoto, which remained the ...

Culture | Japan Pulse Feb 14, 2011

Calligraphy gets a brush-up

by Felicity Hughes

Japanese calligraphy gets a brush-up.

Creative spirits inhabit daruma range

Business | Japan Pulse Mar 12, 2010

Creative spirits inhabit daruma range

by Felicity Hughes

Funky designs update daruma dolls as yokai, and help traditional artisans along the way.

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