Nov.10

Saving Japanese Crafts: Interview with Steve Beimel Featured on ‘All About Japan’

Nov.10 Interview Japanese Crafts

Soon after arriving in Japan in 1971, JLA’s founder Steve Beimel fell in love with Japanese crafts. Five…

Nov.09

A ‘New’ Museum for Your Kyoto Bucket List

Nov.09

The Fukuda Museum of Art opened in October 2019, but with the pandemic and entry restrictions to Japan, few of…

Nov.05

Calligraphy and Car Design on Mazda Stories

Nov.05

Why does a modern car company value the ancient art of calligraphy and use it to communicate key design concep…

Oct.23

National Treasures: Japan’s Most Precious Artworks

Oct.23 exhibition Tokyo National Museum

The Tokyo National Museum is Japan’s largest and oldest modern-style museum. To commemorate its 150th an…

Oct.18

Evaluating Japanese tea bowls – KAKO Katsumi

Oct.18

A potter with only one year of full time training could produce mass produced tea bowls using a mold, using an…

May.22

Nuno

May.22

In Layering Sukesuke is all in how things show through. NUNO inserts small, light objects between layers of sh…

Feb.12

A Taste of Culture – Banzuké RANKING

Feb.12 Elizabeth Andoh

by Elizabeth Andoh Dear friends, colleagues and those who have expressed an interest in the FOOD & CULTURE…

Oct.30

DAIGAKU IMO: The Sweet Potato with a College Education

Oct.30 Elizabeth Andoh

While growing up in New York, I took lessons at The Art Student’s League on Saturday mornings. After cla…

Apr.29

Global Refresh

Apr.29

by Steve Beimel A simple truth: trees suck up carbon and cool down the area in which they are planted. They ar…

Apr.12

A new Golden Age of Japan has begun!

Apr.12

by Steve Beimel                                                                                               …