Based in Scotland, Finn has been writing about Japanese pop culture for nine years now. He is also a gamer, hiker, and proud vegan. His passion is bringing news straight from Japan to you, in English, ...

NIIGATA, Japan >> Paper balloons are a regional specialty of Izumozaki in Niigata prefecture, where they have been produced for more than 100 years. Traditionally, fishing is the main industry of this ...

Carol Kratz (left) of La Crosse, Wis., gets a lesson in how to tie a knot using a strip of mulberry tree fibers from Nana Takano, a second-year student at the Center for the Book, as volunteers for ...

Chinatown's Paper Plant Co. has become a communal destination for stationery supplies. The shop is behind the Bungu LA festival at Union Station, set for the weekend of Oct. 11. (Juliana Yamada / Los ...