Ancient lotus flowers are in full bloom in the city of Gyoda, northwest of Tokyo. The ancient lotus of Gyoda was grown from seeds that were excavated in construction work conducted in the city in the ...

HIMEJI, Hyogo Prefecture--Early morning visitors can beat the heat while enjoying eye-opening views of lotus flowers in various hues at a sprawling garden here. Six varieties, including the ancient ...

with a bevy of gifts, including seeds produced by a 2000-year old lotus plant, the oldest lotus in their home country. The visit was the latest manifestation of the nearly 20-year sister city ...

A lotus flower may not seem like much to think about at first glance, but first impressions can be misleading. While the plant's symmetry and colors are surely striking, beneath the delicate exterior ...

Nakamura Kazunobu Design-Works has created an installation art space for Japanese dance. A key tenet of Japanese spatial design is not to design the form itself, but to design the effect brought about ...

The Lotus Flower Tiara, which was made by the House of Garrard in 1923 for Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, was last publicly worn by Kate Middleton at the Diplomatic Corps reception in 2022. "Among ...

At exhibitions, ancient ceramics tend not to be the draw card that contemporary photography can be. With this in mind, The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, has combined the two together. The museum ...