by devapnek I knew we were in for a visual fest last spring, when we received an invitation to join our friend…

A TREE MOVES IN MINATO-KU It’s a matter of priorities.  Minato Ward has its right! Unbeknownst to me, the powe…

The work of Jin MORIGAMI is currently being shown in his first U.S. solo at Tai Modern Gallery in Santa Fe, Ne…

3 minute video The late kabuki actor, NAKAMURA Kanzaburo V, performs a comedy medly of dance styles inspired b…

A review by John Dwaine McKenna of Barry Lancet’s latest book Although prognostication and predicting th…

By Mark Schumacher In Buddhist sculpture and painting throughout Asia, the Buddha (Nyorai, Tathagata) are gene…

by Gail Rieke Japanese design demonstrates its genius in myriad ways when it comes to reusing materials. The p…

Cetaceans in the Sea of Okhotsk By Mark Brazil Blue above then blue below. Viewed from just below the pass at …

There was, in late June, in Sacramento California, an unprecedented event: a seminar ran by a very prominent p…

My first teacher in Japan: Mari Horie by Nancy Craft The news headlines about this summer’s brutal heat wave i…