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Isso-an

Isso-an

Anonymous

Issō-an, home of the free-form haiku poet Taneda Santōka who lived until 1940. It stands on the route of the Iyo Yama no Be n...

Ehime
Yokohama Art Triennale

Yokohama Art Triennale

Saskia Gilmour

The Yokohama Triennale is one of Japan's biggest art events, celebrated every three years in the portside city of Yokohama. I...

Kanagawa
Kōden-ji

Kōden-ji

Bradford Pomeroy

Kōden-ji temple has been called a symbol for one of Japan’s most famous literary works on samurai culture, Hagakure: The Way ...

Saga
Chihiro Iwasaki Exhibition 2021

Chihiro Iwasaki Exhibition 2021

Kim

A special event taking place at the Sakata City Museum of Art will showcase the works of Chihiro Iwasaki (1918 - 1974), a Jap...

Yamagata
Hounji 9

Hounji

Peter Sidell

Close to Shimizu station in central Japan's Shizuoka prefecture, Hounji is a small but appealing Buddhist temple, with some i...

Shizuoka
Japan for Kids 40

Japan for Kids

Elena Lisina

In Japan there is plenty of entertainment for kids, including theme and amusement parks, museums with hands-on exhibits, aqua...

 Rieko Yamamoto Exhibition 2021

Rieko Yamamoto Exhibition 2021

Kim

From Friday October 23rd until Friday November 12th, the Kyoto Okazaki Tsutaya store will be hosting an exhibition of works f...

Kyoto