11 Culture Makabe Hina Doll Festival Displays Sandra Isaka Every February, the town of Makabe, Ibaraki, shows off its amazing collection of traditional hina dolls, in addition to many ...
13 Culture Kakegawa Take-no-Maru Peter Sidell In the castle town of Kakegawa in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture, the Take-no-Maru is a beautiful, traditional old residence, wi...
Shopping Funahashiya Traditional Snacks Bonson Lam Established in 1885, Funashiya's family store has stood over the banks of the Kamogawa in the same wooden machiya shophouse f...
Culture Hatakeyama Museum of Fine Art Peter Sidell In the centre of Tokyo, Hatakeyama Museum of Fine Art houses a collection of beautiful artworks and objects related to Japane...
11 Culture Entsuin, Matsushima in the Snow Tom Roseveare Entsuin Temple is designated as an important national cultural asset, in Matsushima, Miyagi prefecture
6 Culture Shindo's Indigo Museum at Miyama Bonson Lam It was the summer of 1968. A young man called Hiroyuki Shindo fell in love with indigo whilst studying at the Kyoto City Univ...
Culture Spectacular Takigi Noh in Shitennoji 2023 Japan Travel A two-day event in which Noh, the world’s oldest active theater tradition, is combined with projection mapping to create a on...
Culture Okazaki Castle Tower Projection Mapping 2023 Kim A special event this summer brings the magic of projection mapping to Aichi's Okazaki Castle, which has roots dating back to ...
Culture Connections: 150 Years of Modern Art in Japan & France 2020-2021 Kim The POLA Museum of Art in Hakone is celebrating the connection between Japan and France throughout 150 years of modern art. U...
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...
