Sake Is Sacred in Japan — Here's Where to Sip at the Spiritual Source
Sake has a rich history complete with dragons and gods in ancient Japan. Today, the rice wine is still sacred and has UNESCO recognition for its intangible cultural heritage. Explore the rice wine in ...
Spirited away: Bathing in Japan’s 3000-year-old hot spring resort
The onsen resort village in Matsuyama, Shikoku – the smallest of Japan’s four main islands – is touted as the country’s oldest hot springs. It is here that Japan’s wellness trend took off roughly 3000 ...
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From plague to planetary crisis: climate fiction before cli-fi
The Mandé and Sumerians tell of people growing from seeds or moulded from earth; Rigveda, the ancient Hindu sacred text, and the Kojiki, the earliest written Japanese chronicle, speak of births from ...