Category: Living Arts


Jan.07

Sake: This Year’s Rice Report

Jan.07 John Gauntner

Sake: This Year’s Rice Report by Sake Expert John Gauntner Sake Rice Survived a Couple of Typhoons, But How Di…

Jan.03

Contemporary glass artist Etsuko Nishi

Jan.03

Contemporary glass artist Etsuko Nishi Specialist in the Pâte de Verre Technique By Dasha Klyachko Etsuko Nish…

Dec.31

Japanese Women Artists You Should Know: Meet Eugénie O’Kin

Dec.31

By Alice Gordenker There was a Japanese female artist active in Paris in the early decades of the 20th century…

Dec.22

A Man of Intelligence by Ian Pfennigwerth

Dec.22 David Morton

A Man of Intelligence by Ian Pfennigwerth A review by David Morton A Man Of Intelligence is an excellent book …

Dec.21

Victoria & Albert Museum Dundee designed by Kengo Kuma

Dec.21

Commentary by Charles Bernstein, A.I.A. Japanese architect Kengo Kuma won the international design competition…

Dec.15

Japanese Women Artists You Should Know: Meet Noguchi Shōhin 野口小蘋

Dec.15 Alice Gordenker

by Alice Gordenker Entry on Noguchi Shōhin in Bunbu kōmeiroku 文武高名録, a compilation of famous people and import…

Dec.11

Slit Yarn of NUNO Textile Design Studio

Dec.11

                        NUNO Textile Design Studio presents “suke suke” fabrics,  by weaving slice…

Dec.09

A Taste of Culture ODEN

Dec.09 Elizabeth Andoh

by Elizabeth Andoh ODEN おでん Japan’s iconic ODEN is a slow-simmered, hodgepodge: fish sausages, daikon ra…

Nov.29

Between Heaven and Earth

Nov.29 devapnek

Between Heaven and Earth After recovering from three somewhat harrowing days driving a rental car on the road …

Nov.27

Kusama and the Compulsive Visionaries

Nov.27 Gail Rieke

Kusama and the Compulsive Visionaries by Gail Rieke Perhaps this sounds like the name of a band, but it is not…