Aki Doi, a Japanese music and yoga teacher, leads a cleanliness drive on Puri Beach, Odisha, collecting litter and promoting environmental responsibility ...

Beniko’s photos taken in Japanese red-light districts focus on the buildings and rooms usually hidden from view. Read more at ...

Akie Doi, a music and yoga teacher from Kanazawa, Japan, fell in love with Puri during her maiden visit to Odisha in 2022.

Often called a kundi or kundika, particularly in Buddhist literature, some of the earliest known examples of the kamandalu ...

The National Cherry Blossom Festival is one of Washington’s most popular tourist attractions, drawing more than 1.5 million ...

It’s late morning and steam is rising from water tanks atop the colourful but opaque-windowed “soapland” sex parlours in a ...

The underwater tea ceremony is a unique tradition that dates back to ancient Japan. It was originally a ritual performed to ...

As winter fades, the world eagerly anticipates one of nature’s most breathtaking spectacles: cherry blossom season. This year ...

A Bengaluru-based product designer, Ashita, devised a creative hack to drain excess water from her new purifier without ...

Uma Mani’s journey as an ocean conservationist began with a simple hobby—painting. “I wanted to paint since I was a small ...

A new exhibition at the Portland Art Museum featuring one of artist Claude Monet's most famous masterpieces opened this past ...