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Tag: Japan

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Globe-trotting Travel Series #26: Japanese Supernatural Art from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Day 26! Today’s Globe-trotting Travel Series features a video about supernatural characters in Japanese art, from woodblocks to manga, video games and pop culture. Such a clever presentation and fascinating …

Exploring Culture / Videos

More Than Repair: Elevating Memory with Kintsugi

Humanity can be callous and wasteful, but we often form attachments to things. Can connecting with sentimentality help encourage awareness? In this age of technology and mass production, we are …

Being Creative / Exploring Culture / Photoblogs

What Lies Between: Exploring the Japanese Tea Garden

Transitioning from busy exterior lives to our private lives is difficult. How do we keep a quiet place for ourselves? The Japanese tea ceremony, cha-no-yu, and tea garden, roji, evolved …

Experiences and Impressions / Exploring Culture

Signs of the Times: Isolation in Natsume Soseki’s Kokoro

Society changes constantly. How do we respond to the alienation and loneliness that result from these changes? Kokoro, which can be translated as The Heart of Things, is a novel written by …

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From the Master’s Hand: The Making of a Japanese Ichimatsu Doll

Please enjoy the delightful video below showing the construction of a Japanese Ichimatsu doll. Even without the ability to read the subtitles I was moved by the process and the craftsmanship …

Experiences and Impressions / Exploring Culture

Moments from Other Lives: Thoughts on Haruki Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore

Are you attracted to characters and story lines that surprise you? Life doesn’t always make sense and neither does art. Many literary works are peopled with stereotypes and follow formulae which …

Photoblogs

Time to Play With Your Food: The Art of Bento

What happens where creativity, status, and practicality meet? In this case, lunch! Bento encourages you to play with your food. Bento is a homemade or takeout meal common in Japan. Traditionally packed …

Videos

Skill and Confidence: Dragon Painting from Nikko, Japan

In the Japanese town of Nikko, which lies to the north of Tokyo, there is a shop famous for paintings of dragons. Below you can watch an artist from that …

Videos

Coming of Age in Red and White: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu’s Furisodeshon

Happy Valentine’s Day 2013 to everyone! Here’s a little eye candy and ear worm. In Japan there is a holiday called Seijin no Hi, or Coming of Age Day, celebrated …

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