Culture Experience Playing Japanese Drums Brad Stephens Learn how to play the Japanese drum, the taiko, at Taiko Lab Studios in Tokyo and four other cities around Japan.
Culture National Museum of Japanese History Elizabeth S The National Museum of Japanese History holds thousands of artifacts revealing millennia of Japan's history and folklore. Lif...
Culture Popular Japanese Mascots and Characters Elena Lisina You'll come across many curious characters and mascots when walking along Japanese streets. While many are familiar to all, s...
Culture The Japanese Language Barrier Emma Sletteland My experience moving to Japan without knowing any Japanese, surviving the language barrier, and slowly starting to break it.
Culture Satoyama Garden Cathy Cawood Enjoy mass plantings of flowers at Satoyama Garden in Yokohama. Part of the Yokohama Garden Necklace project, the garden is g...
Culture Kew Gardens Exhibition 2021 Kim A special exhibition taking place at the Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art looks into a range of botanical artworks which w...
8 Culture Cascading Japanese Plum Blossoms Masayoshi Hirose The aging yet captivating weeping plum blossoms continue to draw people in towards its beauty!
Culture English Gardens in Japan Kim A number of gardens in Japan draw inspiration from English gardens in their design. This guide provides a brief introduction ...
21 Culture Japanese Doll Artists in Tokyo Elena Lisina Unique dolls by Japanese artists at the exhibition in Maruzen Gallery of Tokyo.
Culture Japanese Mascot Grand Prix 2016 Amanda Ho Meet the winners of the Mascot Grand Prix 2016. Held in Matsuyama city, Ehime prefecture, a whooping 1421 characters made an ...
