Japanese photographer captures beautiful dreamy landscapes of Kamakura in infrared
Kamakura is a popular tourist spot and a great day-trip from the Tokyo area. The seaside Japanese city is not only known for surfing (at…
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Yasukuni Shrine’s ‘Yozakura Noh’ sees evening performances held under sakura
Returning for the first time in two years, Yasukuni Shrine’s ‘Yozakura Noh Theatre’ will see traditional Japanese performances held outside, beneath the cherry blossoms, and…
Full bloom plum trees turn Kyoto shrine into magical wonderland
The Peach Blossom Spring refers to a famous fable written by Tao Yuanming, is often described as an ethereal utopia with a dreamy view, and…
Daimaru’s ‘Cats, Cats, Cats Exhibition’ is the purrfect event for feline followers
From ancient times all the way through to the present day, artists, musicians and writers have fallen in love with the world of cats and…
Nagoya’s BANKSY: Genius or Vandal? is a Banksy exhibit on an unrivalled scale
The world’s most elusive street artist has made his way to Japan. BANKSY: Genius or Vandal?, which displays more than 70 famed Banksy original works…
Sakura Shimbun 2021 eliminates FOMO with special hanami page spread in newspaper
The Sakura Shimbun, which started in Kyushu (Nishi-nippon Shimbun) last year and received a lot of attention on SNS and in the local media, has…
Design and print your own nail art with these ‘nail tip printers’; nationwide from April
It does not matter what season it is, nail art in Japan is always in! In fact, nail art is such a popular culture in…
Pandemics past, green futures merge in ceramic GAS MASK POT from Franco-Japanese project
TENEO, a fashion brand embodying the finest elements of French and Japanese materials and production, has teamed up with master ceramicist Shibukusa Ryūzō 渋草柳造, 7th…
Hiraizumi: a fabled earthly paradise made rich by gold dust
In the Travels of Marco Polo, the great Venetian explorer calls Japan “the land of gold – Zipangu.” It is believed that he wrote these…
Twitter user Licca makes mouth-watering Japanese cakes but look closely before digging in
Living in Japan can be a dangerous business for anyone with a sweet tooth. The country is home to green tea ice cream, manju is…
Natsuiro Photography: Interview with Shizuoka photographer Shinnosuke Uchida
For students all over Japan, March is the month of graduation. With the ongoing pandemic, many students have been unable to have mass graduation ceremonies,…
Exhibition in Saitama to display artwork of blackboard illustrator Reina Nakajima
Everybody has drawn on a school blackboard before with a piece of chalk, but not everybody has made something as impressive as this: In January…
Lighting Designer Motoko Ishii’s Collection of Works In Search of a New Land of Light
“There is something about luminosity that resonates with people. The glow of the lighthouse, the eternal flame. It could be a testimony for being alive…
nanakusa: Japan’s first NFT marketplace with a crypto artist registration system launches beta
Today, Japanese blockchain platform company SmartApp, Inc. launched the beta version of nanakusa, Japan’s first NFT marketplace for registered crypto artists. In the beta version,…
Black fallen leaf incense comes in three soothing aromas to fill your room
Founded in 1893, Japanese incense maker Kunjudo has been built a reputation for combining the traditional incense manufacturing history of Awaji Island with creative modern…