Culture Tosho-gu Shrine's Secret Magic - 3 Tomoko Kamishima Enshu secretly introduced various Western styles into Tosho-gu. The three main techniques he used in there were: Perspective,...
Culture Introducing Kumano–“The Land of the Gods” Alena Eckelmann Kumano is situated in the southeastern part of the Kii Peninsula in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. People have been worshiping r...
Culture The Shiseido Gallery Ginza John Carter Located in the basement floor of the The Shiseido building the gallery is one of the oldest in Japan that still runs to this ...
Culture Asakusa’s Traditional Hagoita Fair Tomoko Kamishima Asakusa is famous for its annual year-end Hagoita (Battledore) Fair held December 17-19. It started in the late 16th century ...
Culture Togoshi Park Togoshi Park is located in Shinagawa in Tokyo. The park's special features include carefully designed and traditional gardens...
Culture Ogawara Cherry Blossom Festival Andrew Kehoe Funaoka Castle Park is home to an awesome view of over 1000 cherry trees that line the Shiroishi river in the Ogawara area of...
Culture Katsura Imperial Villa The Katsura Imperial Villa, or Katsura Detached Palace, is a villa with associated gardens and outbuildings in the western su...
Culture Naoshima Art House Project Peter Sidell Seven empty houses in Honmura village on Japan's 'art island' of Naoshima have been renovated and transformed into works of a...