I saw this exhibition at Panasonic Museum in Shiodome. The Budapest Museum has a great collection of Ceramics and Glassworks. This exhibit focuses on these arty craftworks produced from the late 19c to the early 20c and tries to describe how big influence came from the traditional Japanese ceramic works. All works in this exhibition Read More
The 1400th Memorial for Prince Shōtoku HORYUJI — Prince Shōtoku and Treasures of Early Buddhist Faith in Japan
Prince Shotoku (574-622) has been well known as one of the most clever politicians and intellectuals in Japan, and still now lots of Japanese respect him. Prince Shotoku had a deep faith in Buddhism and contributed to Japanese culture and society, and he established a social system with a “Seventeen Article Constitution” for Japan. HORYUJI Read More
The Treasures of Mitsubishi Collection: The Mitsubishi 150th Anniversary Exhibition
I saw “The Treasures of Mitsubishi Collection: The Mitsubishi 150th Anniversary Exhibition” at Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo. The Mitsubishi Group is one of the biggest group of Japanese multinational companies in a variety of industries including mining, shipbuilding, telecom, financial services, electronics, automotive, and more. The founder of Mitsubishi is Iwasaki Yataro (1835-1885) and the company was Read More
Visit the Akasaka Palace
The Akasaka Palace is a guest house for foreign heads of state, prime ministers, and other distinguished guests. And it is open to the public so as not to interfere with the reception. The Akasaka Palace, established in 1909 as the Crown Prince’s Palace, is the only neo-baroque-style building in Japan. It represents the culmination Read More
Yoga Event at the Tokyo Sky Tree
Photo by Yoichi Aihara from Pixabay In Tokyo, not only in the studio, but we can find some yoga lessons in somehow unique places. Like in the temples, in the parks, in the stadiums, or the riversides, etc. This time, the Tokyo Sky Tree, which is the tallest building in Tokyo and a popular tourist Read More
René Lalique Remix at the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum
Hot summer has come to Tokyo. Too exhausted to spend outside in this season. So I would like to recommend going to the museums in Tokyo. There are many various museums which have value to visit for learning something new. Currently, many interesting exhibitions are going on. Among them, I picked up René Lalique Remix Read More
National Cycle Route
In Japan, many people are using bicycles for everyday life. However, the system for bikes in the big city, as Tokyo has not yet been established. On the other hand, in the rural area, the bicycle is a very good tool to explore the local area and enjoy the attractions along the way. National Cycle Read More
Vegan food in Japan
For vegan people, Japan is a little difficult country. Because the base of the traditional Japanese dish is used fish Equis. If you are a pescatarian, it is not so hard. However, more and more foreigners are coming to Japan, the number of vegans or vegetarian restaurants are increased. And this year Tokyo Olympic is Read More
Golden Week is coming
Photo by suju-foto from Pixabay This year from Apr. 29 to May 5 is called golden week in Japan. Because during these dates, there are some national holidays and many companies and schools are closed. It’s a kind of May holiday. Now Tokyo is nearly under the Declaration of Emergency, so many events for Read More
Glass Tea House – KOU-AN by Tokujin Yoshioka
Tea ceremony is one of the most well known Japanese culture. However, it is a little hard to find the place for Japanese tea ceremony. Now The National Art Center, Tokyo has “Glass Tea House – KOU-AN” until May 30 2022. “Glass Tea House – KOU-AN” is Japanese designer and artist, Tokujin Yoshioka’s work Read More