Wat Phra Thaen Sila At temple in Laplae district is hosting its yearly Phuthra Kwan Bat ceremony, focused around a ...

This year, he expects to process enough wood to heat about a dozen homes through the long, wet winter here. The solar panels ...

Geneticist Zhang Huarong walks through the forest near his Hong Kong research lab, gesturing towards a rotting incense tree ...

Returning to Khuzhir in a UAZ, switching to a Korean-made bus, and traveling about 40 minutes along the Angara River leads to ...

In hotspots like Kyoto you sometimes have to queue for the queues, but escaping the country’s overtourism problem couldn’t be simpler ...

“As devotees of the Malan Devi, a Hindu Goddess, we do not use wood from the Rohiro (tecomella undulata) tree for anything like to light a fire or to build homes or to make furniture,” says 59 ...

Mountain monk's quest to restore glory of sacred peak Mt. Hiko in Kyushu was once a major center for Japan's Shugendo religion. Its significance has faded in the modern era but one devotee has ...

Japan Sea element plants are generally thought to have evolved from closely related species on the Pacific side. Camellia japonica and Camellia rusticana were also believed to follow this pattern.

What is Black Mulberry Tea? Black mulberry tea is a beverage made from the dried leaves of the black mulberry tree, Afromorus mesozygia. The leaves are cut or chopped, roasted, and then dried with ...

Karen Gardiner has spent the past decade covering travel, culture, and food and drink for digital and print publications in the U.S., U.K., and Canada. She has written for The Washington Post ...

People say it carries the voice of the deities, which seemed appropriate as we were on the Kumano Kodo, Japan’s ancient ... The Kumano Kodo, a sacred route for over 1,000 years, is an antidote ...