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Have you heard the resounding sound of taiko drumming live? It is hard to tear your eyes from the athletic drummers as the beat their instruments to create a soulful sound that is reminiscent of a religious chant or a battle cry and is something that you won’t soon forget.
On September 27th & 28th, [...]
When you visit Tokyo you will find that there is a lot of bilingual signage around the city and that is very a good thing because it’s one thing to know a few Japanese phrases and another when it comes to reading the Kanji that is one of the three scripts used in written Japanese.
To [...]
Mitsuo Aida (1924-1991) was a traditional Japanese brush-and-ink calligrapher and poet who became well know for the simple and insightful way that he wrote about the challenges, pitfalls and joys that are part of daily life. His artful presentation of his writings utilizing the calligraphy skills that he learned as a young man are on [...]
Arakawa Ward is situated the northern area of Tokyo and takes it’s name form the river that flows through the area. It is bordered on the north by the Sumida River and to the south by Adachi, last Wednesday’s Ward, Kita, Katsushika and Taito wards. Arakawa is a small ward covering only 10.2 square kilometers [...]
The cow-munity is made up of over 70 pieces of bovine art in Tokyo’s Marunouchi district and they aren’t just loafing around! They are part of Cow Parade 2008. Fiberglass replicas of cows and calves have been decorated by local celebrities and the resulting bovine art won’t be put out to pasture after this unique [...]
Did you know that the world’s oldest man, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, is Tomoji Tanabe, from Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan? He will be 113 on his birthday next week.
Today was Respect for the Aged Day, Keiro no Hi, in Japan and it is a national holiday. The holiday is relatively new, [...]
A recent scandal rocked the Sumo world in Japan when three foreign born wrestlers were banned for life from the sport for smoking marijuana. The chairman of of Japan’s Sumo Federation has resigned and The Mainichi Daily News reports on this and other recent scandals and provides some insight into the closed nature of the [...]
The Tokyo Metropolitan Photography Museum specializes in still and moving images and is the first of its kind in Japan with a focus on collecting, displaying and restoring images of cultural importance to Japan and around the word. The main gallery is used to exhibit works from the museum’s own collection as well as an [...]
H&M, the trendy budget conscious fashion retailer, is set to open three new stores in Tokyo over the next year and on Saturday, September 13th they will celebrate the grand opening of their first Tokyo Store in the fashionable Ginza district. They will follow with a store in Harajuku in November and another in trendy [...]
The Oedo Antique Market is held the first and third Sunday each month in the courtyard of the Tokyo International Forum. The event started in 2003 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Edo Shogunate and has grown to include more than 250 licensed antique dealers in the ensuing years.
What will you find at the [...]
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