7 Traditional Soja RetRoad Festival Judith Mikami Every September Soja City hosts a Retroad (retro road) Festival to celebrate the tradition of the old main road with the new. Clubs,..
Arts & Crafts Kosei Matsui and Kiyoshi Hara Exhibition 2020-2021 Oct 31st 2020 - Mar 21st 2021 Past Event The Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum is home to a number of works from Kosei Matsui and Kiyoshi Hara, who were designated as Living National..
Arts & Crafts Moomin Comic Strips Exhibition: Nagasaki 2022 Jan 21st - Mar 27th 2022 Past Event The Moomins are characters in a cartoon series developed by Finnish illustrator Tove Jansson, and their popularity has continued..
Museums Sawada Seiko Memorial Museum Peter Sidell In the resort town of Atami in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture, the Sawada Seiko Memorial Museum is full of delightful paintings..
Arts & Crafts Otaru in a Day Euan Prentis Otaru's interesting history as a mercantile and financial center in Hokkaido is very well preserved to this day. To get the..
Festivals NAKED Night Stroll™ – Tomioka Silk Mill 2023 Oct 6th - 15th 2023 Past Event The NAKED Night Stroll™ – World Heritage Tomioka Silk Mill is set to include a giant 45 meter wide projection mapping show fea..
Arts & Crafts Riusuke Fukahori Exhibition 2021 Mar 12th - Apr 18th 2021 Past Event Riusuke Fukahori is a contemporary artist who focuses on one specific subject matter in his work: goldfish. Fukahori is well-known..
Arts & Crafts Maeda Craft Factory Shop Saskia Gilmour Made in Nakazakicho, Maeda Craft celebrates three generations of Japanese wood-working skills and innovation. Maeda Craft has..