The water shield is an aquatic plant in the water lily family. Its underwater buds are covered with a jellylike substance called "nuru." When boiled or added to miso soup, it offers a unique texture.

People in Japan's western prefecture of Okayama have beaten the sweltering heat by a unique way -- savoring cold noodles which flow down chutes in water.

Rooms feature marble bathrooms, Egyptian cotton bedding, Italian leather and Japanese water jet toilets. The world-class restaurant offers Mediterranean cuisine and a prestigious wine cellar to boot.

The Japanese government on Friday said a controversial plan to release radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan's northeast into the Pacific Ocean will ...

Meet Kappa, a Japanese water yokai that's obsessed with butts. 09:12. Monstrum. How a Children’s Book Introduced Us To Our Inner Demons. There’s something deeper to this fantastically monstrous story!

Meet Kappa, a Japanese water yokai that's obsessed with butts. 09:12. Monstrum. How a Children’s Book Introduced Us To Our Inner Demons. There’s something deeper to this fantastically monstrous story!