Peony (Paeonia suffruticosa) is a treasured flower in Japanese culture, symbolizing prosperity and honor. Native to China, ...

Wild cucumber vine: This native but weedy plant always attracts attention when it begins blooming along the roadsides. Since ...

Cats have been an ever-present part of Japanese culture for hundreds of years: sometimes cherished as devoted protectors of ...

The star of this auction was the archaic bronze drinking vessel, Zhou Zha Hu, which hammered for $4.4 million, making it the ...

For more than 1,000 years, the dried root of the white peony has been used in ancient Chinese medicine. It’s traditionally used to treat various ailments, including mental health disorders ...

The Japanese language has three types of characters: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. Hiragana and Katakana are phonetic symbols, each representing one syllable while Kanji is ideogram, each stand ...

Marco Polo's evocation of peonies (Paeonia spp.) as cabbage-sized roses does them a grave injustice. Hued crimson reds, blush pinks, creamy whites, and blackish-purples — there are myriad forms of ...

Answer: The hot, dry weather we have experienced in Greater Columbus this summer has been hard on many plants, especially young or newly planted trees and shrubs. Since June, we are nearly 8 inches ...

Good news for people who love pink: Peony, a new seasonal color, dropped today. Considering how popular the Stanley x Starbucks pink quencher was, and the fact that peony is the only pink Stanley ...

Introducing the Japanese head spa. This blissful blend of head massage, essential oils and scalp scrubbing has well and truly taken TikTok by storm, with influencers, experts and ASMR lovers ...

Japan adopts Chinese written characters. Shotoku Taishi (574-622) begins to shape Japanese society and government more after the pattern of China. He seeks centralization of government and a ...

Peony Hirwani is a culture and lifestyle reporter for The Independent. Prior to joining The Indy, she has worked at, and written for Vogue Arabia, Business Insider, Harper's Bazaar, Digital Spy ...