Kazumi Wilds began in chaos — in Kojiki — before heaven and earth came into existence. Much like Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto created the world and the island of Japan, Wilds created every ...

At its best, Natsuo Kirino's The Goddess Chronicle is a dark and lovely feminist retelling of the Japanese creation myth. At worst, it's a stiff, repetitive exercise in telling, not showing. On an ...

Japanese mythology is dense. For hundreds of years the lives of the many gods and goddesses were intimately entwined with the lives of the Japanese people and controlled every part of their destiny.

2024 marked the 90th anniversary of Japan’s national parks—first established to satisfy a growing domestic interest, and stimulate the curiosity of foreign travelers. The events of the century that ...