11 Historical Kamigoto 4: Ryoma Memorial Park Takako Sakamoto For more on Ryoma, see my Searching for Ryoma Sakamoto series.
11 Gardens & Parks Yokohama's Minato-no-mieru-oka Park Tomoko Kamishima An index of this series is here.
Museums The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura [Closed] Harumi Inouye The wonderful Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, was opened in 1951 in Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine. It was the first museum of modern art in Japan.
Anime & Manga Pluto Comes to Life on the Stage Joan Lambert Bailey Earth” by Osamu Tezuka, and was later transformed into a stunning manga series... stage version breathes new life into a classic story from the Astro Boy series
Culture Sakura on the Ookagawa River Steve Morton Before reaching the station you might be interested in visiting Gumyo-ji Temple... will be rewarded with a pleasant view of the street below as well as the temple
Museums Ceramics Park Mino Justin Dart protective curved ceiling, unique as one could imagine, the roof had random samples... Once to the main building area, we passed by a series of booths, mostly
Culture Shizutani School in Bizen City Kenji Chida During this time education was available at temples but not widely accessible
