This is not as great as a Christmas market in Germany, but it is a good place to visit!

posted by  Yubi | 8 years, 6 months ago | 4 comments

One of my favorite artists is having his show in Tokyo at:

Hidari Zingaro
Nakano Broadway 3FL
5-52-15 Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164-0001 JAPAN

if I understand it correctly, it is an event promoted by…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 8 months ago | 0 comments

It’s no secret that Japan and Korea have a strained relationship. It wasn’t even 20 years ago that Korea lifted their ban on Japanese media (it was partially lifted in 1998, and fully lifted in 2004)…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years ago | 0 comments

Japanese Craft using Lacquer Real Japanese lacquer is an organic substance made from the sap of the urushi tree (Rhus verniciflua). The sap is collected by scratching the tree and it then is refined …

posted by  Yubi | 9 years ago | 0 comments

Kumu (written ??, in Japanese) means to connect or unite. And it’s the name of Noriko Konuma’s new gallery space nestled in the Bakurocho neighborhood Northeast of central Tokyo. True to their name, …

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years ago | 1 comment