I was five years old when World War II ended. I remember seeing a flat, charred Tokyo landscape with not a building left standing. There were also, however, great expanses of blue sky and nothing to ...

About 20 years ago, a couple of friends told me they had found a Chinese pottery piece that had been thrown away and — knowing that I collected Asian objects — they asked me if I wanted it. I said yes ...

A JAPANESE woman who reportedly coerced people into starving family members to death has been found dead in her cell. Miyoko Sumida, 64, was the chief suspect in a probe that has transfixed low-crime ...

THE PIECE: A Japanese Sumidagawa earthenware pitcher and three mugs, early 20th century, variously relief-decorated with figures and animals on a red ground beneath a flambe glazed mouth View full ...

The sakuras in Sumida Park line both banks of the Sumida River for about 1 kilometer between Azuma Bridge and Sakura Bridge. They are said to have been planted in the Edo period on the orders of ...

Japan isn't a difficult place to live. If you want to eat Mexican food, there are Mexican restaurants. If you want to buy brand-name British clothes, there are shops and websites that deliver. So ...

I was given this vase last year and know nothing about its history other than it is called “Samida Gawa.” I am looking to sell this vase soon. It is 17 inches tall by 14 inches wide. I don’t know ...

Flanking both sides of the Sumida River, this park offers a welcoming retreat after you've worn yourself out sightseeing in nearby Asakusa. Spring is the best time to visit, when more than 1,000 ...

Breathtaking fireworks are synonymous with summer in Japan, but the Sumida River fireworks festival on July 27 is the biggest, most spectacular of them all. This stunning pyrotechnic display of ...

See Dessa Goddard appraise a Japanese Sumida Gawa vase, ca. 1900, in Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Hour 2. Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is provided by Ancestry and American Cruise Lines.