Illumination
An annual lighting up the famous Zenkoji temple began on Wednesday evening in Nagano, central Japan. The event commemorates the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. The temple's main buildi…
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Art & Culture — page 9
Browse art & culture in the Akihabara archive.
Japanese Plumber Creates Handmade Waterfall of Ice in His Backyard
For the past 7 years, Toru Matsui, a plumber who lives in the mountainous Inabucho town of Aichi prefecture, has taken on an ambitious annual art project. Each winter, as temperatures fall and touris…
8-Bit Mini Puppy by Shinji Murakami
Inspired by the ancient yet versatile 8-bit technology, NY-based Japanese artist Shinji Murakami has been creating works that harken back to the original Dragon Quest, Zelda and other video…
'Ultra-technologists' to open digital-only museum in Tokyo
There are plenty of unusual museums in the world -- museums for sex, museums for ice cream, museums for hair. But they all rely on a tried-and-tested formula: presenting (mostly) …
Escape Games at Tokyo Mystery Circus
Originating in Japan, real-life escape games have grown in popularity in the recent decade, and they’re just as exciting as they sound. As the name implies, the objective is often to escape…
The Japanese philosophy of Kaizen can reinvent your daily routine
In the years following World War II, American auto executives visited Toyota manufacturing plants in Japan to examine how the company was able to produce so many vehicles so quickly. They discovered …
CNN’s ‘Tokyo POV’ Shows the City Through the Point of View of Top Insiders
A special week of coverage begins January 22, with a 30-minute special airing from January 27 and features: Lily, Danny Choo, Shinji Nohara, Peter Augustus Owen and Ryotaro Aoki.
This rare Yu-Gi-Oh! card is on sale in Tokyo for over $400,000
Specialty Yu-Gi-Oh! cards can be expensive and run in the thousands of dollars, like Doomcaliber Knight, worth about $700, and the first Japanese promo version of Dark Magician Girl, which …
Incredible Cardboard Creations From Japan
Monami Ohno is a Japanese cardboard artist. Kotaku has previously featured her work, and since then, she’s continued to churn out amazing creations. Her work continues to show an amazing attenti…
"Hotel Paraiso": New works by Tomoo Gokita
Continuing his ongoing interest in vintage aesthetic of photographs and movies of the 1960s and 1970s, the Tokyo-based artist created a series of portraits of imaginary visitors of Hotel Paraiso…