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5 Traditional Japanese Art Forms Flying Under the Radar Japanese woodblock prints inspired Claude Monet, and he built a Japanese garden at his Giverny…
Two Expats Film 10 Documentaries Revealing the Other Side of Japan Ever since their first contact with Europeans, and later on, North Americans, Japan has held…
Christian Boltanski’s Tokyo Exhibit: “All my life I have fought against the fact of dying” Christian Boltanski, face weathered, liver spots adorning his bald pate, like Alfred Hitchcock in slip-on…
Tony Award-Winning Director Diane Paulus Brings Broadway Musical Pippin to Tokyo True to its 2013 source, the Japanese production of the Tony-winning Broadway musical revival of…
Let’s Go to the Movies: A Travel Guide Take a cinematic trip around Japan by following the footsteps of some of our favorite…
How 3 Modern Japanese Artists Took Inspiration From Living Abroad Tokyo is home to the world’s most impressive museums from Roppongi’s modern Mori Art Museum to The…
Beginner’s Guide to English-Language Calligraphy Classes in Tokyo Calligraphy brushes, loaded with unforgiving black ink, are hovering nervously over clean white paper in…
5 Underrated Japanese Movies You Must Watch Those with an interest in Japanese cinema will know that the repertoire is vast and…
Artist Kour Pour Returns to Tokyo with New Perspective Back in his LA art studio Kour Pour has giant wooden platforms that he lays…
5 Things You Might Not Know About Toko Shinoda Sumi ink painter, printmaker and essayist Toko Shinoda has wowed generations with her groundbreaking artworks…
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Experience Traditional Japanese Arts Along the Toden Arakawa Line The Tokyo Sakura Tram, formerly known as the Toden Arakawa Line, is the last functioning…
And The Winner Is… Everything To Know About Japan’s Two Oscar Nominees Seated amongst the celebrities, dignitaries and onlookers at the 91st Academy Awards ceremony on February…
London-based Japanese Artist Naoya Inose: “I Don’t Really Know Where I Come From” “That was like super hell,” says Naoya Inose. “I don’t even remember the past three…
