During their demonstration, the two expert katana performers taught a handful of volunteers how to properly hold a sword (wooden replicas ... but we are not like a historical professional.

It’s mainly a show where aliens invade Edo-period Japan, where the hero wields a wooden sword, and where nothing ... with Japanese cultural references, historical satire, and toilet humor ...

Today, the Tran family ancestral house is listed as a protected historical ... Wooden boxes on the altar contain biographies and relics of deceased ancestors. An altar on the side honors Tran Tu Nhac, ...

In the open fields of Middle Amana Community Park, mermaids were being carted in wagons. Pirates bellowed across food stalls. Vikings stalked past fairies in go ...

Demon Slayer isn’t just fighting and flair—it’s a crash course in Japanese myth, tradition, and history disguised as ...

Hidden in downtown Memphis, the Belz Museum of Asian & Judaic Art offers a stunning journey through jade sculptures and ...

In feudal Japan, the Onna-Bugeisha were fierce female warriors who defied gender norms to fight alongside samurai. Trained in ...

Fly-whisks are used ritually to fan temple idols and sacred objects such as the Sikh holy book in gurudwaras, and are a ...

Tucked away in the gentle hills of Bellville, Texas, where you’d typically expect to find sprawling ranches and quaint ...

Karen is a seven-year-old child, with his most significant possession being a birthday gift, a wooden sword bestowed on him by his father. But on his very same birthday, things take a tragic twist; ...