Sept.06

Longtime Japan tour planner recalls first summer in Kyoto, 1986

Sept.06 Nancy Craft

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

Sept.04

Stagiaire by David Israelow

Sept.04 David Israelow

Stagiaire, literally “trainee” in French, often refers to short kitchen stints where a cook works for free.  T…

Sept.03

How Art Historians Cracked the Case of Enigmatic Japanese Painter Hasegawa Tōhaku

Sept.03 Allison Meier

From Artsy.net:  by Allison Meier Hasegawa Tōhaku’s legacy has played out like an art-historical whodunit—whic…

Sept.02

Lacquer artist, Seiichiro Fujino

Sept.02 Simon Pilling

by Simon Pilling, specialist in Japanese lacquer ware Lacquer – the most perfect and finest objects ever issue…

Sept.01

When Art Met Craft in Meiji Era Japan

Sept.01

From the Japan Times https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2018/04/03/arts/art-met-craft-meiji-era-japan/#.W3LU…

Aug.26

Overlooked gems in Japan as seen through the eyes of artist Gail Rieke

Aug.26

by Gail Rieke,  Japan Living Arts, artist-at-large A joy like none other… returning to Japan over and over… ca…

Aug.16

Master chef raises vegetables and creates magical lunches in an old farm house called Wappado

Aug.16

by Mora Chartrand, the Foodies’ Foodie Wappado, a haven for those who yearn for a meal that expresses the terr…

Aug.15

Contemporary Glass Artist Takeshi Sano

Aug.15

by Dasha Klyachko, specialist in Japanese contemporary glass                                                  …

Aug.15

Checking Out: The Final Days of Hotel Okura

Aug.15

by Russel Wong in an article from the Kyoto Journal The announcement that the Hotel Okura was slated for demol…

Aug.15

“If I Were a Rich Man” from Fiddler on the Roof, Japanese version

Aug.15

Historically, the most popular musical in Japan