The country’s aesthetics and inventions have spread far. It still remains a singular place.

Iam so thrilled that the Japanese cucumber plants that I bought from Neil at the Kinoole Farmers Market a couple of weeks ago ...

The duality of the yōkai can be seen further when examining two of the most popular creatures from Japanese folklore, the kappa and the zashiki-warashi. The kappa, known in Japanese as a child ...

I wanted to make a point of placing the monsters within the daily life of Tokyo,” says the photographer Tess Ayano, who spent ...

a gold-leafed bronze “Kawataro the kappa” (the literal translation of kappa is a river boy, an imaginary figure in folklore) statue looks up at the sky and prays for a thriving business. The district ...

The term “lore” has, well, a whole lot of lore. Now essential online slang, the word can be traced back to Old English, where it referred primarily to learning, as in the act of teaching or ...

The RPG AI Limit is home to many difficult bosses, like any good Soulslike should, and Lore, The Lost Lancer, is the first major character that's standing in your way. You'll need to stay focused ...

While video games often contain great world-building, the way you learn it through a game’s lore often leaves something to be desired. Clunky info-dumps from NPCs get tiring and, as much as I ...

However, amidst this exciting new lore, one glaring oversight stood out: Piccolo, the franchise's most iconic Namekian, was barely involved. As the series explored the origins and true nature of ...

Billionaire entrepreneur, NBA owner, and CEO of Wonder Marc Lore reveals that he plans all his meals with AI—and he loves it. It’s just one part of his vision for transforming people’s ...