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Ikigai, the Simple Recipe to Happiness?

Buddhist Ceremonies Set to the Sound of Techno Music

Japanese Millennials are Buying and Selling Second-Hand Makeup

Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Leaving the Everyday Behind for the Ends of the Earth

Kanso, One of the Seven Pillars of Wabi-Sabi

Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Filming Intimacy and Getting to the Heart of the Japanese Psyche

The Coded Rituals of Goshuincho

Les Saisons Hanabi, the Festival Making Japanese Cinema More Accessible

Biopic of the First Foreign Samurai to be Produced

Kinoshita Kabuki, the Theatre Company Bringing Kabuki into the Modern Age