For centuries, the ascent of Mount Fuji—Japan’s highest and most revered peak—was strictly forbidden to women under the custom of nyonin kinsei (literally, "women-prohibited"). Considered sacred and the abode of the goddess Konohanasakuya-hime, the mountain was a path of...
In the continuously evolving landscape of modern beauty, the boundary separating medical-grade blemish care from high-fashion self-expression has officially...
