January 28, 2021
Bunkogawa leatherware is instantly recognizable: colorful patterns painted on white embossed cowhide, with its distinct texture as if weathered from years of use. When holding a top-notch wallet or sm...
An exhibition space re-creating part of the residence of novelist Osamu Dazai (1909-1948) has opened at a gallery in front of JR Mitaka Station in Mitaka, Tokyo.
The space at the Mitaka City Gallery...
More than seven years have passed since I first laid eyes on the ceramic work of up-and-coming potter and artist Takuro Kuwata at a Tokyo group exhibition. A collection of ceramic pots, cups and other...
Many Japanese people love aspects of South Korean culture such as TV dramas, K-pop and cuisine. Now a fourth wave appears to have captured the hearts of the youth of Japan — fashion.
These days, ...
Last year’s winner of the annual new word and buzzword of the year competition organized by U-Can, Inc. was “sanmitsu,” a term coined and frequently used by Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike to alert Toky...
A chronological journey through the history of 20th-century Western art is underway at the Yokohama Museum of Art, in a collaborative exhibition also featuring items from the Aichi Prefectural Museum ...
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga expressed his intention to strengthen efforts to lend items from the collection of the Sannomaru Shozokan (The Museum of the Imperial Collections) to local museums and ar...
The Cultural Affairs Agency is planning from next fiscal year to assist cultural facilities stream events in a bid to shore up finances in an industry that has been battered by the novel coronavirus ...
A photobook that Yukio Mishima (1925-70) worked on shortly before his death will be published in Japan in a large-format limited edition printing for ¥500,000, plus tax, according to the publisher.
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With the ascension of Yoshihide Suga to the post of prime minister to replace longtime leader Shinzo Abe, it has elevated public interest in the leadership qualities needed in today’s society. Worl...
Noted writer Kenichi Sato, 52, winner of the prestigious Naoki Prize in 1999 and other accolades, is well-versed in French history and last year completed a historical fiction novel on Napoleon Bonapa...
An exhibition that looks back on Hibari Misora through articles from The Yomiuri Shimbun is being held at the Yomiuri Gallery on the third floor of the newspaper’s headquarters in Tokyo. The 52 ar...
