Summerhill International School Provides Enriching Environment Where Creativity Blossoms and Children Shine
Summerhill International School Provides Enriching Environment Where Creativity Blossoms and Children Shine
The Koto Tamer: How Michiyo Yagi Is Electrifying the Traditional Japanese Instrument The koto is a slumbering beast. The method of extracting sound from the traditional Japanese…
Sculptor Keiji Ujiie: “What Bothers Me About Doing Work in Japan? Too Much Caution” In his quest to give a voice to the natural world, sculptor Keiji Ujiie’s decades-long…
Zen and the Art of the Japanese Tea Ceremony As the winter sunshine crept across the tatami, our hostess, tea master Masumi Kirihata, performed…
2019 Wrap-Up: Tokyo Weekender’s Top 10 Favorite Interviews As we swiftly make our way into 2020, we take a quick look at our…
What Life is Like for Kyoto’s Maiko and Why “Geisha Hunting” is Now Banned Rewind to Christmas Eve, 2010 – my very first visit to Kyoto. Wandering the nearly…
Film Reviewer Mark Schilling: “For a week I had Akira Kurosawa’s personal umbrella” Ohio native Mark Schilling set off for Japan in 1975 to immerse himself in the…
An Alternative Guide to New Year’s Hatsumode in Tokyo New Year’s in Japan is a time for family and celebration, similarly to how Christmas…
Top 10 Japanese Albums of the Decade (2010–2019) An album of the decade can be more than just a great album. It can…
2019 Year in Review: The News Headlines in Japan That Got Us Talking As we say farewell to 2019, we take a look back at the top headlines…
The 5 Most Important Japanese Movies of the Last Decade This past decade has been big for Japanese cinema, and although it’s still too early…
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Review, of Sorts This tentative review of a film that will stir a lot of emotions in lovers…
Shop Japan #13: Our Monthly Roundup of Artisanal Japanese Gifts and Souvenirs Looking for something quintessentially Japanese for that perfect gift or souvenir? Each month, we round…
Japan’s 10 Most Popular Shrines and Temples for Hatsumode (First Visit of the New Year) Hatsumode, or the first shrine or temple visit of the new year, is the thing…
DJ Anja Schneider: “Tokyo is a full-on experience” Anja Schneider, producer, radio broadcaster, label boss and one of the driving creative forces in…
