TW Book Club: What We’re Reading This Month Have you joined the Tokyo Weekender Book Club yet? Come join us as we dive…
Photographer Nagi Yoshida Returns with New Exhibit, DRAG QUEEN: No Light, No Queen Having worked with ethnic minority groups most of her career, self-taught photographer Nagi Yoshida has…
Just 4 of the Must-See Photographers on Exhibit at Kyotographie 2020 Kyoto is a city which lives and breathes history, culture and art. From the myriad…
Hiroshima International Animation Festival: 35 Years of Peace and Imagination Out of tragedy, there came light. The Hiroshima International Animation Festival, of which the 2020…
From Typhoons to Covid: The Hoki Museum’s Story of Survival Located about 45 minutes away from Tokyo Station on the outskirts of Chiba City lies…
Mori Art Museum Creates a Constellation of Japan’s Top Contemporary Artists The five men seated two meters apart in the conference hall at Mori Art Museum…
Understanding Yayoi Kusama Through Her Latest Exhibition A cosmos of colored orbs dangled in the darkness. Each one blinking in tandem, from…
The Life-changing Fancy Wigs of Tomihiro Kono The Portuguese man o’ war is the sphinx of the sea. Oft mistaken for a…
Design for the Ages: Discover Japan’s History Through Art & Architecture From idyllic architecture of ancient Kyoto to the majestic sculptures of old-time Nara to the…
8 Black Creatives Making Their Mark in Tokyo The Black Lives Matter movement that ignited in Minneapolis, Minnesota when George Floyd died under…
Artist Mayumi Hosokura: “For me as a cyborg, to expand myself is really important” In a world where every minute millions of selfies are snapped, filtered, rendered and uploaded,…
The Future of Ikebana – Japan’s Traditional Floral Art “With Japanese, the arrangement of cut flowers in vessels of various kinds has become a…
Artist Andrea Terceros Finds the Positive During a Pandemic “Sometimes you need these pandemics to rethink society and how things work.” Andrea Terceros’ words stayed…
“Art Saves Lives”: International Artists Stranded in Tokyo Try to Change the Narrative of a Worldwide Coronavirus Pandemic The career of Icelandic and Chinese painter Eirdís was just taking off in Beijing when…
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…
