Culture Taro Okamoto Contemporary Art Award Exhibition 2021 Kim Taro Okamoto (1911-1996) was a Japanese artist revered for his abstract and avant garde works. He was often seen as being qui...
Culture Shiki no Kaori Rose Garden Autumn Festival 2021 Kim To welcome the fall months, Tokyo's Shiki no Kaori Rose Garden will be hosting an Autumn Festival from October 9th until Octo...
11 Culture Kamakura’s Jokomyo-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Jokomyo-ji Temple is located in a quiet valley almost at the middle of JR Kita-Kamakura and Kamakura Station.
Culture Grandma Moses Exhibition 2021 Kim A special exhibition taking place at Osaka's Abeno Harukas Museum looks at the works of Grandma Moses, also known as Anna Mar...
10 Culture Chokyu-In Temple in Yanaka Peter Sidell In Tokyo's historical Yanaka district, Chokyu-In is an ancient Buddhist temple with a peaceful atmosphere, home to a lot of i...
9 Culture Kamakura's Daigyo-ji Temple Larry Knipfing On your way to Myohon-ji Temple, why not stop in at Daigyo-ji? Its main object of worship is the Goddess of Childbirth.
8 Culture Public Art in Shimizu Peter Sidell In the streets of Shimizu, a suburb of Shizuoka in central Japan, you'll find a range of interesting, sometimes unusual statu...
Culture Kamishibaiya Street Entertainment Anonymous In Dogo, you may find yourself getting drawn into a kamishibai performance — free, participatory street storytelling. Don’t w...
Culture Itabashi City Ward - Museums & Galleries Sleiman Azizi Itabashi City Ward is home to a surprising number of museums and galleries. These include the Dagashiya Game Museum, the Itab...
10 Culture Museum of History near Osaka Castle Bonson Lam Taste, feel and drink in the sights and sounds of another realm. Start in the earliest times and be amazed by the skills that...