Sharing arrangements of flowers shows our love,” says Carolyn Alter, Certified Associate 1 st Term Master, head teacher for ...

The ancient practice began more than 2,000 years ago, when Japanese monks traveled to China as emissaries and brought ...

Flower-inspired artworks are created in various fields in Kyoto. A Japanese-style painter uses folding fans as canvases. A metal artisan conveys the transience of flowers. A photographer confronts ...

From origami to kintsugi, Japanese crafting has a way of transforming the everyday into something really special. In flower arranging, there’s the centuries-old art of ikebana. The term, ...

we give flowers to honor births, deaths, weddings, holidays, and other events and celebrations. This has also been done for more than six centuries in the form of ikebana.” The Japanese art form ...