KANAZAWA—If it wasn’t already, the city with the golden touch and history of traditional crafts is now on many-a-vacation-planner’s radar after two prominent magazine features. The iconic National ...

KANAZAWA–Sanae Tokita is among a new wave of young crafts artists making a significant impact here and in the wider Ishikawa Prefecture. They cite the close-knit artist community as a key advantage of ...

The eight Japanese students seemed to be exploring underwater. Without air tanks. And in school uniforms. As my toes dangled over the concrete lip of the swimming pool, they stood at the bottom, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kaila Yu is an LA-based luxury food, travel and culture journalist. While Kyoto is undeniably magical, its overwhelming crowds can ...

The sound of drumming rises to a fever pitch, fluttering rhythms in enigmatic time signatures shaking the century-old rafters of In Kanazawa House. Before me on the stage are two geishas — or geikos, ...

On first glance, the city of Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, seems focused on the past, a center of traditional performance arts such as noh and home to streets of wandering geisha. Understandably, the ...

For readers — and publishers — outside Japan, the capital and the nation are often conflated, so a novel set anywhere else is always welcome. “Japan is so much more than its major cities,” author ...