A spoon costs around 20,000 yen (equivalent to $127). Unfortunately, the spoon's makers say the top part can't be put in the dishwasher and needs to be cleaned by hand.

For the first time in nearly 120 years, "hachiku" bamboo is flowering all across Japan. The hachiku bamboo plant expands by sending out underground stems, which can grow at a rate of about 2 ...

Are we supposed to fight with bamboo spears? If this goes on ... the red virus at the center made the ad look like Hinomaru, Japan’s rising sun flag. The representative said the advertisement ...

Indonesian product designer Singgih Susilo Kartono has launched initiatives to revitalize deserted villages by producing unique products utilizing local natural resources such as bamboo.

Wartime residents of Kyushu in southern Japan got tips on how to kill U.S. paratroopers with bamboo spears courtesy of a publication that left no doubt about the dire situation the nation faced ...

One Hong Kong-based Malaysian family felt that way about the soothing, otherworldly bamboo forests of Kyoto, Japan. But since it wasn’t practical for Daniel Tan, a stay-at-home dad, and See See ...

Presented at CES 2025, a spoon from Japan makes it possible to enhance the salty and umami taste of low-sodium foods with the power of electricity. This innovative item could transform our eating ...