Japan's Princess Kako has been welcomed by people of Japanese ancestry in an inland city in southern Brazil. The second ...

Many Western visitors to Japan are confused when they visit a Japanese garden, only to not see a single flower. Japanese gardens place emphasis on different kinds of plants, like moss or trees ...

Liliʻuokalani Gardens are a little bit of Japan on the Big Island of Hawaii. Located in the underrated, affordable vacation ...

Here's what to know. Japanese gardens are based on a simple design, typically featuring plants and trees native to Japan; rocks; water as ponds, streams or waterfalls; bridges and stone lanterns ...

Duke Gardens Friday morning to meet with Japanese students and participate ... Roy Cooper proclaimed Friday as “North Carolina and Japan Friendship Day” earlier this week.

Tsukiyama is one of the oldest and most popular garden types found in Japan. The Japanese Tea Garden is an integral part of the tea ceremony. Tea gardens typically have a shelter (tea room ...

or Three Great Gardens of Japan. They are centuries old – "the stuff of Japanese landscape legends" – and each lies in a different prefecture, three or four hours apart by train. As ...

Japan has announced plans to use slightly radioactive soil, stored near the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, for flower ...

Japanese gardens, however, are not like British ones ... super polite and organised Japan – a country where 60 per cent of lost wallets are returned, untouched, to owners.