Culture Aoyama Festival Jemma King The Aoyama Festival takes place annually on the last weekend of October with the inclusive theme ‘International Friendship’. ...
Culture Turning Around at the Watari-um Abi Barber The Watari-um is a contemporary art gallery near Shibuya. The current exhibition, Turning Around, takes a long, hard look at ...
8 Culture Kamakura Myohon-ji Temple in Spring Tomoko Kamishima Elegant pink flowers bloom in mid April at Myohon-ji temple. Although this temple is very close to JR Kamakura Station, it al...
12 Culture Shinmei Jinja Shrine, Sabae Larry Knipfing Shinmei Jinja Shrine is situated directly across the street from the Shinmei-en Hotel where I stayed in October. I woke up ea...
12 Culture Komyo-ji Temple of Kamakura Tomoko Kamishima Komyo-ji Temple is just a few steps from the sea, and the sea breeze here always seems to purify the temple’s precincts and v...
Culture 77Bank Currency and Banking Museum Justin Velgus Located on the 4th floor inside an actual vault, guarded by security guards and cameras, is the 77Bank Currency and Banking M...
12 Culture Kukai's Life in Paper Sculptures L. MacLean The story of Kukai's life as depicted by Japanese paper sculptor Kiyoharu Uchiumi is displayed in 18 scenes, some of which ca...
Culture Exploring Yamagata the Basho Way Alena Eckelmann Matsuo Basho, an Edo Era Japanese haiku poet (1644-1694) undertook a five-month journey, mainly on foot, to the north of Japan.
Culture Mercantile History and Culture Anonymous From the Edo period, the rural town of Uchiko accumulated great wealth through trade in high quality wax candles. You can sti...
