A 64-year-old Japanese woman in a small and isolated village has made hundreds of life-size dolls that look like people there who have died or moved away. That woman, Ayano Tsukimi, spoke about her ...

Dango is a traditional Japanese sweet dumpling made with glutinous rice flour. They are well-loved for their mildly sweet rice flavor and delightfully chewy texture. Dango plays an important part in ...

The team behind hit Japanese cocktail bars SakaMai and Bar Moga is expanding with a new kaiseki restaurant in the East Village this week. That menu will cost $195 per person, with a beverage pairing ...

There’s a village in Japan that’s like a real-life Cabbage Patch Kids universe and, if you don’t believe it, Google Maps will prove it. The small village of Nagoro has only 37 living inhabitants, ...

Tsukimi means nothing more than “looking at the moon.” But the Japanese custom of holding special moon-viewing parties, in autumn in particular, dates back over a thousand years. According to ...

On 17 September, people across Japan will be turning their gaze towards the full moon as part of an annual autumn tradition known as Tsukimi (“Moon Viewing“). It’s likely they’ll also be chowing down ...

An assuming brick building in New York’s East Village houses an elegant and warm Japanese restaurant on its first floor that’s been designed as an ode to the mid-autumn full moon. Tsukimi, located at ...

Every September, as Japan celebrates tsukimi (moon-viewing) season, fast-food chains release their highly anticipated limited-edition menus. The headline act is always the tsukimi burger — a fried egg ...

'Tsukimi Hat Melts' has arrived. When you open the lid of 'Goku Uma Terichiki', it looks like this. When you think of pizza delivery, you think of sharing a pizza with your family and friends, but the ...

People with Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX can log into the Nintendo 3DS game between September 14 and 20 to receive a special present from the Vocaloid Gumi. Upon loading the game, the doorbell will ...