In Japan, and many other parts of East Asia, the wonderful aroma of osmanthus, otherwise known as the fragrant tea olive (Osmanthus fragrans) and known in Japanese as 金木製 kinmokusei, is a harbinger of ...

Fragrant tea: Oolong tea bags with dried osmanthus flowers [Photo by Pauline D. Loh/Shanghai Star] Legend has it that the semi-deity Wu Gang toils endlessly on the moon cutting down an osmanthus tree ...

Story by TK Ogawa The October visual for the "Maomao and Jinshi's Four Seasons" project has been unveiled, featuring ...

Description: This member of the olive family hosts about 30 to 40 species of evergreen shrubs or trees grown for their deep green leaves and fragrant flowers. Osmanthus translates to fragrant flower ...

Many people are looking forward to the fragrance of osmanthus that smoothes flowers in fall. The sweet scent of osmanthus, which can be enjoyed only for a short period of the year, was jammed in a ...

This fragrant Osmanthus Syrup is a golden, floral sweetener made from dried osmanthus blossoms. With its delicate aroma and ...

The meanings represented by kanji characters are not always the same everywhere. Take the kanji that, when it is written in Japan, refers to a midsize deciduous tree called “katsura,” for example. The ...

What fleeting pleasures can we enjoy during Shanghai's all-too-brief autumn? A wisp of cool breeze kissing faces that a month ago were covered with sweat, or a reflection of lush willows in a lake ...