At Osaka Expo 2025, Kura Sushi is taking things to the next level with the world’s longest sushi train—a whopping 135 meters ...

After World War II, Japan began reforesting the country with fast-growing sugi (cedar) and hinoki (cypress ... Pollen from various plants, especially Japanese cedar, cypress, and pine trees, primarily ...

Hay fever (allergic rhinitis), or kafunsho in Japanese, is a growing health concern for millions ... After World War II, Japan began reforesting the country with fast-growing sugi (cedar) and hinoki ...

Pollen-releasing male flowers of a Japanese cedar are seen in this file photo taken in the city of Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on Feb. 16, 2019. (Mainichi) TOKYO -- Hay fever season is at its ...

Shou sugi ban, also known as Yakisugi, is an 18th-century traditional Japanese wood-burning technique that enhances ... The most common wood types used include pine, cedar, spruce, and oak. The labor ...

On the ground, the fashion landscape is changing. Japan’s luxury fashion market has remained largely robust despite a wider downturn, though Japanese tourists are travelling abroad much less than they ...

I was living in Tokyo in the 1980s when the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture ... But it was the towering sugi and hinoki that stole the show, with stops along the way so Kobayashi could point ...