Tatsuo Morikawa rarely makes the same thing twice. Trained as a traditional Japanese woodworker but embracing …
In a little coastal village in Chiba Prefecture, the ceramicist creates pieces marked by their territory and b…
Despite being far less visited than the other islands of Okinawa, Kumejima offers natural treasures and invalu…
Through the initiation story of a young city dweller, this graphic novel pays homage to the community of the ‘…
A mainstay of the Japanese home kitchen, ichiya-boshi, literally “one-night dried” are fresh fish that have be…
Sociologist Muriel Jolivet’s book offers an analysis combined with a travelogue and interviews with thes…
The Adachi Museum of Art in Shimane Prefecture has greatly expanded its holdings of ceramics and other other w…
In this book, Shigeru Mizuki offers an artistic interpretation of these supernatural beings found in Japanese …
The reader is immersed in the enormity of a chameleon city, from contemporary architecture to the ancient art …
Shichi-Go-San (Seven-Five-Three) is one of several rites of passage the Japanese celebrate to insure the growt…
