The fiftieth and final volume of the manga Chihayafuru was published in December 2022, ending a celebrated series that for 15 years focused on an unlikely cast of characters: high-school students ...

KYOTO--A New Year’s ceremonial event highlighted by a card-snatching game was held for the first time in three years at Yasakajinja shrine here on Jan. 3. Dressed in the traditional costume of the ...

On November 1, 2023, Kodansha’s Be Love monthly magazine announced a sequel to Yuki Suetsugu’s Chihayafuru manga in its December issue, and fans are excited to read the upcoming sequel. The mangaka ...

KYOTO--A ceremonial event to mark the New Year featured women in gorgeous Heian Period (794-1185) court attire giving a public demonstration of the popular “karuta” card-snatching game at Yasakajinja ...

There are a lot of fonts in our lives, such as websites and printed materials. 'Font Karuta ' was created by selecting 48 types of fonts, including familiar ones, unique ones, and easy-to-use ones. I ...

Mio Yuki, who appeared in the movie "Chihayafuru: Musubi," is seen at Omi Kangaku-kan at Omi Jingu shrine in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on June 13, 2021. (Mainichi/Misaki Morokuma) OTSU, Shiga -- Players ...

Kite is a Japanese translator and avid gamer from Indonesia, Southeast Asia who learned the language mostly by playing Japanese games from the PS1 era. He primarily translates news about Japanese ...