Culture Shizuoka Tea Museum Kim Shizuoka Prefecture produces the largest quantity of Japan's tea, and you can learn all about the beverage at the Tea Museum....
Culture Bernard Buffet, Figurative Painter Kim A limited-time event at Shizuoka's Bernard Buffet Museum will explore around 100 of the artist's expressionist works.
Culture Moomin: The Art and the Story (Shizuoka) Kim A special exhibition taking place at the Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art looks into the art and the story behind the Moomi...
21 Culture Hamamatsu City Centre Elena Lisina In the centre of Hamamatsu City you can visit the Museum of Musical Instruments as well as ACT Tower with its observation dec...
Culture A Monument to Minamoto no Yoritomo Elena Lisina The equestrian statue at Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha is dedicated to Minamoto no Yoritomo. Commemorating his hunt in 1193, th...
Culture Shichi-Fuku-Jin Sculptures in Ito Elena Lisina The names and description of the Shichi-Fuku-Jin or the Seven Gods of Good Luck that are popular in Japan, particularly befor...
Culture Japanese Musical Instruments Elena Lisina A description of popular traditional Japanese instruments such as the shamisen, taiko, shakuhachi, koto and biwa. The sound o...
Culture Japan Blue: Living with Indigo Kim A special exhibition at the Shizuoka City Serizawa Art Museum will explore various indigo-dyed works from revered Japanese te...
Culture Peter Rabbit's 120th Anniversary Exhibition Kim The children's book "Peter Rabbit's Story" was originally published in 1902, and will celebrate its 120th anniversary next ye...
12 Culture Anraku-ji Temple in Toi, Izu Peter Sidell In the sleepy seafront town of Toi, on the west coast of the Izu Peninsula in central Japan's Shizuoka prefecture, Anraku-ji ...