Follow these simple how-to instructions to perfectly wrap a gift. It's so easy, you can wrap a package in under 30 seconds! The best part about the Japanese gift-wrap technique is that you don't have ...

TOKYO — Buy lunch and a magazine at any Japanese convenience store, and you're likely to get your drink in one plastic bag, hot-lunch box in another, and your magazine in a third. The mega-packaging ...

An old saying from the Japanese is “Paper is the mirror of the soul.” Gift-wrapping is especially important in Japanese culture. It’s believed nature and the spirit to be united because the manner in ...

Happy holidays! This week we’re revisiting our favorite festive stories from years past, like this one: Once, at a dinner party, I was entranced when a friend unpacked her backpack to reveal each of ...

Ditch the paper gift wrap, bags and tissue paper this holiday season for the eco-friendly alternative of furoshiki (pronounced fu-row-she-kee). The Japanese wrapping technique is traditionally ...

TOKYO - Buy lunch and a magazine at any Japanese convenience store, and you're likely to get your drink in one plastic bag, hot lunch box in another and your magazine in a third. The mega-packaging ...

For the Japanese, the wrapping is almost as important as the gift it contains. Here are tips to emulate this Far Eastern paper art. Gift-wrapping is especially important in Japanese culture — an old ...