Culture, Food & Design

A revealing look at contemporary Japanese culture.

A celebration of JA culture: facts, recipes, songs, words, and memories that every JA will want to share.

Two volumes of the essential and definitive survey of Chinese and Japanese art in one book.

An accessible compendium of the most important aspects of Japanese arts, culture and history, for quick reference or a longer, in-depth read, for actual and armchair travelers alike.

The true story of a half-Chinook, half-Scot adventurer who entered feudal Japan in 1848 and helped pave the way for its modernization.

A beloved Japanese Zen temple, viewed through its monks, gardens, prayers, and art.

Sure to be a classic, Donald Richie's concise, profound insights into the mysteries of Japanese Aesthetics.

Essential essays on all things Chinese that inform and entertain travelers, students, and anyone working or living in China.

Find the beauty and meaning of over 850 family crests found in Japanese tradition.

Marc Peter Keane's personal journey through 100 Japanese gardens, looking at them with a designer’s eye.

A renowned designer of Japanese gardens contemplates wildness, humanity, beauty, the liquid state of the world.

Philosophical essays on the beauty and meaning of traditional Japanese gardens.

Going to Japan? This unfussy modern guide guarantees you keep it polite and get it right!

A new and remarkable look at the sake produced in Japan’s Yamaguchi Prefecture

Homespun wisdom from Japan updated for today's "green lifestyle" choices.

Can traditional Japanese life concepts--like loyalty, harmony, meticulousness--make sense in Western societies?

An American sake expert takes you to a whole new level of insider knowledge and expertise.

An affordable version of the classic 1906 essay on tea drinking and aesthetics.

Haiku tell the story of the poet Basho and the diaries he wrote while walking throughout Japan in the 1600s.

A delicious collection of essays, recipes, and practical plant information exploring Japan's thriving culture of foraged foods.

An intoxicating, illustrated guide to Japan's ritual of hot-tub bathing.

How the mindset of traditional Japanese society can guide our own efforts to lead a green lifestyle
today.

Your favorite Japanese foods, home-cooked, packaged, or served in restaurants, and how they came to delight the American palate.

A remarkable cross-cultural history that rescues the swastika, an ancient Buddhist symbol, from its deployment by the forces of hate.