Culture Japan Media Arts Festival José Manuel Zardain Japan Media Arts Festival is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
Culture Beardsley: A Singular Prodigy 2025 Feb 15th - May 11th 2025 Past Event The Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum in Tokyo is currently hosting a major retrospective exhibition on Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898), a visionary British artist
Culture Kitain Temple Sophia Warren The head temple of the Buddhist Tendai Sect, Kitain Temple has origins dating back to 830 A.D.
Culture Where Are All the Castles? Elizabeth S Japan has about 5,000 castle sites, but today, only about 100 have extant ruins and of those 100 only 12 have original castle keeps.
Activities Miyagi Prefecture Top Attractions Featured Miyagi Prefecture is a place of great natural beauty; Sendai, the capital, has often been affectionately called the “City of Trees,” and the prefecture
Culture A Daytrip in Aizu Sandro Bernardinello Once you get off at Aizu-Wakamatsu station the feeling is one of a small... Even though the main tower would be a fearsome sight to an invader, it
Culture Artists and 3.11 2021 Feb 20th - May 9th 2021 Past Event A special exhibition taking place at Ibaraki's Art Tower Mito looks at the 3.11 natural disaster through the eyes of artists, ten years on.
Food Hotoritei Café Sébastien Duval I lunched alone with a view of the sky and local art (notably Hagi pottery... ), near a couple of quiet joyful Japanese lovers, at some distance from