October 20, 2020
Ueno Park in Taito Ward, Tokyo, is home to many cultural facilities, including the Tokyo National Museum and the National Museum of Western Art, a World Heritage site designed by architect Le Corbusie...
Play! Museum, which opened in June this year and is a place that’s all about pictures and words, boasts a near-permanent exhibit featuring the works of American picture book author Eric Carle. Since...
I was at a hotel in Culver City, between downtown Los Angeles and the airport, when I heard about Alex Trebek’s accident.
It was 2004, and Trebek had been the host of the popular television quiz ...
In a year in which anxiety has spiked for many people around the world, Ken and Julia Yonetani’s work has taken on an unexpected — if unsettling — relevance.
The Japanese-Australian artist d...
Just about a 10-minute walk from the hustle and bustle of JR Shibuya Station in Tokyo stands a three-story building housing a botanical garden inside. Such lush biodiversity planted in a crowded comme...
At age 91, Sanyutei Kinba IV has told plenty of jokes during a rakugo comic story-telling career that is the longest in this traditional Japanese performing art. He recently decided to hand his profes...
