Culture Millennium Corridor 2024 Kim From late October until early December, one of the Tohoku region's most popular winter illumination events is set to take pla...
Culture The Uesugi Clan Elena Lisina The Uesugi Clan became famous for the motto "Justice". Places connected with the history of the clan include Kawanakajima, Ka...
Culture Blessing of the Yamabushi Veronica Carnevale After a traumatic injury at school, 12-year old Satoshi falls into emotionally difficult times. In an effort to figure out ho...
Culture Tohoku's Four Temple Pilgrimage Ashley Cox Retrace the steps of Matsuo Basho and collect stamps through Tohoku's Four Temple Pilgrimage.
Culture 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...
Culture Audrey Hepburn Photo Exhibition 2020-2021 Kim A special event at the Sakata City Museum of Art looks at Audrey Hepburn's life through photographs. Around 150 photographic ...
15 Culture Yamagata Prefecture Local Museum Febry Fawzi Yamagata city is a former castle town that now turn into a beautiful city in Southwest Kanto region, home to the Bunshokan, o...
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.
10 Culture Shogi in Tendo City Hannah Warren The streets of Tendo are littered with shogi references to remind us that it is the biggest producer of shogi pieces in Japan.
