6 Museums Shindo's Indigo Museum at Miyama Bonson Lam It was the summer of 1968. A young man called Hiroyuki Shindo fell in love with indigo whilst studying at the Kyoto City Unive..
Arts & Crafts Uncovering Chiba Prefecture’s Sake Legacy Featured Literally meaning "sake well", the small town in Chiba Prefecture was named Shisui after a local legend that said that sake gushed..
Historical Chinese Pottery and Suzuki Kiitsu 2020 Oct 19th - Nov 13th 2020 Past Event Cizhou ware is a term that encompasses a wide range of Chinese ceramics from the late Tang dynasty to the early Ming dynasty. A..
Traditional Yajiro Kokeshi Mura Elena Lisina Yajiro Kokeshi Mura is an interesting place where one can watch the process of making a Kokeshi doll and also learn about its history..
9 Arts & Crafts Daruma No Furusato Daimonya Aline Laborde Near Takasaki Station lies Daruma No Furusato Daimonya, a small factory for handmade Daruma.
8 Traditional A stroll around Hedo Village Michael Flemming Observing important cultural sites in remote Hedo Village, Okinawa
9 Temples & Shrines A Rinno-ji Temple Cemetery in Nikko Larry Knipfing Just next to the Narabi Jizo Statues area, there are steps that lead up to a cemetery exclusively for the monks that have died while..
11 Traditional Inside a Kanagawa Sake Brewery Larry Knipfing The Kanei sake brewing company has been creating wonderful tasting sake for 150 years. The brewery is not large (but colorful!),..
