A Day in the Life of an Urushi Artist Mamiko Masumura’s art studio takes up her bedroom. She sleeps on the living room couch…
The Tōkyōiter: Art Project Celebrates Tokyo With Illustrated Magazine Covers Inspired by the cover artwork of The New Yorker, a group of talented illustrators pay…
A Day in the Life of a Kimekomi Doll Craftsman Kimekomi is a traditional technique that involves carving narrow grooves not much wider than a…
Visit Tokyo’s Largest Illumination Art Festival at Hotel Gajoen Celebrating its 90th anniversary this year, the opulent Hotel Gajoen Tokyo is commemorating the occasion…
A World First: Mori Building Digital Art Museum teamLab Borderless Opens in Tokyo As a pioneer of revolutionary technology, it’s only fitting that Tokyo hosts the world’s first…
A Day in the Life of a Manga Artist Nao Yazawa, a manga industry professional with a career spanning decades, is best known for…
Kazuhiro Tsuji: The True Passion of the “Darkest Hour” Oscar Winner Born in Kyoto in 1969, Kazuhiro Tsuji had a difficult childhood. Brought up by an…
A Photographer Documents His Unlikely Friendship with a 90-Year-Old Japanese Calligrapher A few years back, Ben Beech would often find himself pedaling past a ramshackle building…
The Curious Characters of “Kurios”: Cirque du Soleil’s Superb Show Comes to Tokyo In the early 1980s, street performers Gilles Ste-Croix and Guy Laliberte gathered together a troupe…
7 Must-See Art Exhibits for the Month of March Cherry blossom season is just around the corner, but art is always in full bloom…
New Trilogy of Short Films Shows Off Tokyo’s Creatives Launched in 2016, Powered by Tokyo is a creative movement that seeks to capture and…
This Japanese Photographer’s Otherwordly Underwater Portraits Are All About Fantasy and Freedom Around three years ago, without any prior experience in photography, Aquarosa (real name Kyoko Sampei)…
Opening Summer 2018: Mori Building Digital Art Museum teamLab Borderless Instagrammers get ready, because a new location you won’t want to miss is getting ready…
Take a Virtual Tour of Japan With This New 360-Degree VR Video Imagine you’re a fresh piece of sushi whizzing around on the conveyor belt at a…
Photographer Shows How Tokyo is Most Beautiful When Illuminated at Night Inspired by the cinematic vistas that Tokyo has to offer, photographer Lukasz Palka has spent…
