Culture Echizen Traditional Tansu Craft Jerome Lee Echizen city in Fukui Prefecture is well-known in Japan for their tansu, and antique tansu are worth a fortune.
6 Culture Tomoko Konoike at Mizuma Gallery Rachel Holmes Japanese artist Tomoko Konoike sculpts with light and mythology.
Culture Kyoto International Manga Museum Bonson Lam Make your own adventure in this monument to storytelling at Kyoto Manga Museum. From Tin Toys to Hokusai, see for yourself th...
16 Culture A Night in a Box Seat at Kabuki-za Takako Sakamoto Kabuki-za theater in Ginza is the magnificent edifice of Kabuki in Japan. You can watch Kabuki play while drinking & eating i...
Shopping Kyoto Museum of Traditional Crafts Hoyee Tse The museum aims to promote a whole range of traditional Japanese crafts from Nishijin-ori woven textiles to Kyoto style dolls...
6 Culture The Impossible Project Space John Carter If you thought the Polaroid camera is dead and gone you couldn’t be more wrong. It lives on though now under a different name...
13 Culture Meet Sola by Yoshimi Ana Skara Meet Yoshimi, a young Japanese designer who has a passion for creating small goods from 100% cotton. Yoshimi sells his crafte...
10 Culture 100 Year Stone Making Experience Aline Laborde Once it emerges from the onsen water, the stone’s surface has completely eroded away except for the area covered in paint, le...
10 Culture Tokyo Photo 2013 Chris Barnes Tokyo hosted one of Asia's leading photography exhibitions called Tokyo Photo 2013. In celebration of its 5th anniversary, To...
6 Culture Netsuke Art by Motomasa Kurita Robert Van Egghen Gorgeous, intricate, beautiful with a practical purpose, the examples at the Autumn exhibition at the Seishu Netsuke Art Muse...