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The artist Miya Ando’s solo exhibition at Asia Society Texas encompasses numerous sections of the Yoshio Taniguchi-designed building. “Form is Emptiness, Emptiness is Form” is comprised of …
Rie Sakamoto is a graduating art student from Japan’s Tama Art University. For her thesis exhibition, she decided to turn her eyes to the lowly rubber band, a stationary item overlooked in conte…
Earlier this year in January, Japan saw heavy snowfall that caused the nose of a local Tengu to break off. Located outside Kurama Station in Kyoto, and part of the local Kurama-dera temple,…
Yesterday, Tokyo woke up to their first November snow in over 50 years. The last time the first snowfall, called hatsuyuki (初雪) occurred in November was in 1962. So if you go back to the fi…
all photos by Jumpei MitsuiIf you have some time to kill at Narita Airport (I mean, who doesn’t?) head up to the 4th floor of Terminal 1 where you’ll find a newly opened LEGO store. The pai…
all photos by takumi otaThe Japanese word kumu is a verb with many nuances. In dialogue with Kanazawa’s tea houses, a tea salon on the ground floor “joins” the hotel to the community and entices…
At a dimly lit ceremony hall in Osaka this week, a Buddhist monk sat at the front of a large room chanting, surrounded by 300 lanterns. They were the regrets and remorse of individuals who had b…
This is Taketa City’s Chikuraku Festival. Chikuraku is held annually in Taketa City (Oita prefecture) in central Kyushu. More of an event than an actual festival, Chikuraku is relatively mo…
Essentially Japan’s version of a hot pot, nabe (pronounced na-bay) is a large, simmering pot of meat and vegetables that’s served during the winter. It typically sits on a portable stove an…
“I love their pastries but hate their coffee.”“Their coffee is great but they have nothing to go with it.”It’s a common dilemma, at least for us. But luckily, there’s a savior: Bread &…
