When people mention going to Japan for hanami (flower-watching in Japanese), one would usually think of sakura or cherry blossoms. But there are also other equally beautiful flowers that bloom ...

When it comes to flowering arranging, we don't often think of minimalism and perfect precision – but those are the principles of the Japanese art of 'Ikebana'. Forget dazzling, bumper floral displays ...

With skillful snips, Mitsuko Takeya prunes a few leaves from bamboo stalks and several red berries from heavy nandina clusters to use in a flower arrangement. The cuts would hardly register in ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Months of flowery happiness now stretch before gardeners. There were narcissi and magnolias in early March.

We’re now at the peak of hanami, flower-viewing season here in Tokyo. But this year apparently some people are trying to spread the idea of “air-hanami“, which essentially is flower viewing without ...

Fall bouquets in Japan are bursting with bright and fiery color, heralding the changing of the leaves that sets the nation awash in reds and golds. Whether the true autumn chill comes earlier in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This undated photo shows a tsumami kanzashi hair ornament made by Kuniko Kanawa of Atelier Kanawa, a professional Edo Tsumami ...

To this day, I meet other people who share with me equally vivid memories of the farms. One friend told me: “I would drive my mom there every weekend!” Although all of the flower fields are gone now, ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Gardens news every morning. Months of flowery happiness now stretch before gardeners. There were narcissi and magnolias in early March.