The Glass Fishing Floats of Japan And Norway
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 10, 2018
Every year, Oregon’s Lincoln City, on the west coast of the United States, organizes a treasure hunt where more than 3,000 handcrafted glass...
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Inemuri, The Japanese Art of Sleeping at Work
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 8, 2018
In most countries sleeping at work is not only embarrassing, it might even cost one’s job. But in Japan, sleeping in the office is common an...
The Japanese Museum With The Most Flexible Opening Times
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 26, 2018
Ichimura Mamoru stands in front of his museum in Kyoto. Photo credit: thornet_/Flickr In a quiet residential street in Kyoto, Japan, just ...
Landscaping In The Back Of Japanese Mini Pickup Trucks
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 9, 2018
The Japan Federation of Landscape Contractors organizes an annual landscaping contest, where landscaping contractors from around Japan arriv...
The Japanese Balloon Bombs of World War 2
Kaushik Patowary
May 28, 2018
On May 5, 1945, Reverend Archie Mitchell took his five-month pregnant wife and a group of five children from the church, where he was the pa...
Kamikatsu: The Town That Produces No Trash
Kaushik Patowary
May 25, 2018
Do you find separating trash by paper and plastic a chore? Then think about the residents of Kamikatsu, a small town in the mountains of Shi...
The Blood Stained Ceilings of Kyoto’s Temples
Kaushik Patowary
May 17, 2018
The Fushimi Castle in Kyoto was one of the last places of action during the “age of warring states”—a period in Japanese history, stretching...
Nightingale Floor: An Ancient Japanese Intruder Detection System
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 27, 2018
Squeaky floors are annoying, which is why when you search for “squeaky floors” in Google, you get hundreds of articles offering you tips and...
Osaka Stadium’s Housing Expo
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 17, 2018
Where the magnificent Namba Parks stand today at Naniwa-ku, in Osaka, Japan, once stood Osaka’s baseball stadium. Opened in 1950 with a cap...
Ise Jingu: The Japanese Shrine That’s Torn Down And Rebuilt Every 20 Years
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 3, 2017
The Ise Grand Shrine, also known as Ise Jingu, located in the city of Ise, in Japan, is one of Shinto's holiest and most important sites...
