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Hanafuda: twelve months in a pack of cards, and a ban that shaped them

By Rafe Calder A hanafuda deck has forty-eight cards. Twelve months, four cards each, one flower for every month. There […]

By Porter Lang Start with the board. A hagoita is a flat paddle of paulownia wood, close to a trapezoid,

By Ines Keane A thin cord of twisted paper. Stiff enough to hold a shape, light enough to curl into

By Isla Quinn Wide street. Black walls. Branches hanging low over both. Kakunodate sits in Semboku, Akita Prefecture, in the

By Ines Keane Every daruma begins with two empty eyes. That is the whole idea. You buy one near the

By Rafe Calder The Japanese house of old had no central heating, and the kotatsu is what people did about

By Porter Lang One date matters here. Japan’s tax-free shopping runs on a refund method for purchases made on or

By Isla Quinn Thick walls. Black tiles. A bell that rings four times a day. Kawagoe, a city in Saitama

By Porter Lang If you are going to Japan in late autumn, or sending something to someone who lives there,

By Rafe Calder In 1682 the royal government of the Ryukyu Kingdom gathered three kilns into one district of Naha.