Part museum, part restaurant, the family-run Lakruwana offers an exuberant celebration of the small island nation’s food.

What started as a lunchtime jump rope fundraising program at a Bundaberg ... Australia at the upcoming world championships, in Japan. ‘Unacceptable’ Northland incident calls for increased ...

Huge torii gates, a large sacred straw rope called shimenawa, and the sheer size and architectural style of the shrine buildings only underscore its place in Shintoism. Izumo Oyashiro enshrines the ...

Karen Gardiner Izumo Taisha shrine is also known for having Japan's biggest shimenawa (sacred straw rope), which weighs around five tons (Credit: Karen Gardiner) Yoda considers Izumo Taisha's ...

This isn’t just another fancy Japanese joint – it’s a love letter to Warayaki, the ancient technique of straw-fire cooking ... and marvelling at the colossal 7.3-metre Shimenawa rope in the private ...

One of the main visuals for Deep Japan features a photograph of the country’s largest shimenawa (straw rope) at Izumo Taisha, one of Japan's most important shrines in Shimane Prefecture. "Just like ...

Handcrafted Straw Rope Chandeliers With Stunning Designs Posted: January 23, 2025 | Last updated: March 7, 2025 Skilled artisans transform simple jute and straw rope into amazingly crafted ...

Even the slightest slack in tension when creating it would result in the rope coming undone ... by mountains, straw has been an integral part of daily life through the use of sandals, trivets and ...

“The renowned Japanese architect Tadao Ando masterfully extended seven ... video, and more. A massive rice straw rope lies outside the museum. The rope, made of 2,000 strands of common straw, extends ...

Inspired by the rich heritage of Kochi prefecture, Japan, Strawfire brings the timeless tradition of cooking over straw-fired flames ... a magnificent Shimenawa rope and hand-painted silk wall ...

The materials they are built from — cedar, grass, rice straw and Japanese witch hazel — are ... we gather the grass into bundles, then rope them into bales. One of the thatchers drives a ...

Alamy Japanese textiles that have been ... their luck repaired umbrellas. The leftover straw from growing rice was used for making sandals and rope, wrapping up household goods, and finally ...