~ This crisis is presenting an opportunity for the relevance of all kinds of culture and art to be better understood; how they reveal the importance...
Japan makes up for its short history celebrating the Christmas holiday with an abundance of creativity and array of winter illuminations
~ I tried to imagine what stylish woman wore this beautiful hat before me. I paired it with a kimono from the Taisho period ~ 2020...
Because it is so spacious, a visit to this park at any time of the year lets you forget that you are in the greatest single...
In the Renaissance there were countless wars, plagues, atrocities, and tragedies. What do we remember? We remember great artists and writers. Long live the arts! (Mitsuko...
~ Congratulations to Emperor Emeritus Akihito on his Birthday ~ On December 23, the Emperor Emeritus Akihito celebrated his 87th birthday in a quiet fashion befitting...
The power of the arts and culture can unite the hearts of disconnected people and let them become one. In this sense, I hope that the...
The crisis has had a tremendous impact on the way visual art is viewed: everything has become flat and immaterial.
'Let the slow steady work in the studio illuminate and give comfort to many of the conditions beyond it.' (William Kentridge, 2019)
The wide variety of encouraging messages received from a total of 5 international advisors and 47 laureates of the Praemium Imperiale have been received and are...
~As a retrospective on what was clearly a uniquely loving relationship, it focuses on the side of Lennon that promoted a message of peace and...
~It was first popularized by Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike in March, when holding up a large plaque in a press conference she called on everyone...