When we moved into our current home in the Hudson Valley, that was when we got the tatami mats. Around the same time, we just ...

With a low fertility rate, ageing population and properties that swiftly drop in value, around nine million houses lie empty ...

American couple Dani and Evan Benton who run a guesthouse and honeybee farm on an island in Japan say, “The move is the best ...

As for houses outside of Japan ... that he keeps at home to weave the igusa into a cover top. “Each tatami mat is made of 6,000 to 7,000 straws woven very tightly together,” he said.

Banyan Tree Higashiyama Kyoto sits on a hill in the historic Higashiyama Ward of Kyoto. It's near many sites, such as the ...

"The simple, natural decor and quiet atmosphere make for a serene, rejuvenating stay," she says. Expect elegant minimalist rooms with tatami straw mat flooring, fusuma paper screens and sliding doors, ...

Misconceptions about geisha that stem from highly sensationalized stories from Western perspectives flatten the complex cultural artistry of the profession.

When I saw the youth trembling in the dimness of my study, I had the feeling that I was looking at my own shadow.

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“Tatami,” which received a standing ovation Saturday at the prestigious film competition, tells the story of a female Iranian judoka champion who is ordered to fake an injury to avoid facing ...

Expect communal bathing, tatami-mat rooms, low furniture ... train stations and commercial districts for ease of travel ...