| More Than Murals: The Artist Keeping Japan's Bathhouse Art Alive | Sentos are public bathhouses with a long, rich history in Japanese culture. Traditionally, tranquil, hand-painted murals adorned the walls of each sento. Since the 1970s, however, sentos have become less popular and bathhouse muralists are less in demand. Yet, Mizuki Tanaka—Japan's first female sento mural artist—is dedicated to revitalizing this craft and making Japan's bathhouses a destination for all. This Great Big Story was inspired by Genesis. | | | The Double Life of the Treasure Farmer | | Gilbert Faku splits his time between two very different pursuits. Most days, he's a farmer and rancher in the remote Eastern Cape region of South Africa. But Faku's other passion takes him on adventures most of us read about in storybooks. | | | | | | |
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