These articles will help you plan your trip: In Japanese tradition, 'wabi' evokes a simple and humble beauty, while 'sabi' celebrates the grace that arises from the passage of time. Developed by ...

(PHOTO: COURTESY) Her beauty ... is simple. All you do is bow twice, clap twice make a prayer and then bow once and you are done. It is this respect given to Omikami that every Japanese gives ...

For Muslim women living in Japan, this presents a problem for visiting a hair salon, which is not usually a 'women only' environment. But one Tokyo beauty salon is making it possible for women to ...

Not surprisingly, the quality skin care and make-up products of leading Japanese cosmetics houses like Kanebo and Shiseido have long inspired beauty trends around the globe. Kanebo's most famous ...