Culture

TW ScreenCap: The Best Documentaries on Netflix Japan

We love movies here at TW. We’re avid Netflix consumers and theatergoers. In the era of COVID-19, many have found some…

Lessons in Isolation: How a 10-Day Silent Retreat in Japan’s Countryside Helped Me Cope With the Covid ‘New Reality’

In February 2020, shortly before the coronavirus crisis fully hit Japan, I went on a…

TW Style Radar: 4 Tokyo Work From Home Wardrobe and Home Essentials

As many of us have started working from home during the coronavirus outbreak, we’ve started…

Japanese Words We Can’t Translate: Shakkei – the Essence of Japanese Garden Design

According to the Oxford Dictionary, there were an estimated 170,000 words in use in the…

Ed’s Picks: Top Five Japanese Singles of April 2020

While the outside world has ground to a halt but, Japanese artists continue to release new…

Ed’s Picks: Top Five Japanese Albums of April 2020

A lot of the world may have ground to a halt but, for now at…

Art Goes Digital During Covid-19: How Artists Are Adapting to #StayHome and How You Can Help Them

The internet is what’s keeping us together right now. It’s how we’re still managing to…

8 Recipes to Create a Culinary Tour of Japan at Home

Cinema and literature have long been used as vehicles to transport across time and space.…

Tokyo Trends by PR Times

Time to Visit the Shashin no Jikan Photo Exhibition

In 2018, the photo classroom at Fuji Photo Gallery Chofu…

On the Balcony in Roppongi

Where is the best place for adults to have fun…

Dive Deep into Kyu Furumi’s Upcoming Photo Exhibition

For over 20 years, veteran photographer Kyu Furumi has been…

Shiho Hayashi Occupies Space at CIBONE Aoyama

CIBONE is an art and design store, with a flagship…

Make Tokyo Your Home With the hotel zen tokyo Extended-Stay Plan

Envisioned as a teahouse that you can stay at, the…

Japanese Culture

The Kyoto Priest Spreading Buddhism through Electronic Music

It’s early afternoon on one of those enjoyable early April…

The Japanese Hanko: Indispensable Signature Seals Or Idea Whose Time Has Gone?

Hanko signature seals have been in use in Japan for…

Japanese Words We Can’t Translate: Mono no Aware

According to the Oxford Dictionary, there were an estimated 170,000…

Discovering Wabi-Sabi and Accepting Life’s Imperfections

Ask a Japanese person to explain the concept of wabi-sabi…

Nambu Ironware: Everything You Need To Know About Iwate Prefecture’s Famous Metalwork

A 300-year-old Nambu iron bell hung across from the massive…

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