The Furusato Matsuri Tokyo (loosely translated as “hometown folk festival”) kicked off at the Tokyo Dome on Friday, January 11, and will be open until Sunday,...
The samurai artist Tetsuro Shimaguchi is set to receive the “Premio Consonanze: I Protagonisti della Creatività” award in Florence, Italy, on...
The five arts laureates of the 30th Praemium Imperiale Awards received their prizes from Prince and Princess Hitachi on Tuesday, October 23, at...
On its 30th year, the Praemium Imperiale further sealed its reputation not only as a prestigious international arts awards but as what Japan Art...
One of Japan’s most visually arresting festivals, Nebuta (or Neputa) Matsuri takes place in Aomori prefecture in August every year. Beautiful and humungous laterns...
Barry Barankin In the summer of 2015, I joined two colleagues and 22 students on a two-week trip to Japan. I was then...
Taylor Bond For those based in Tokyo, travel expenses can be a make-or-break factor when considering whether to take a trip to regions...
Luca Vogel Due to its curved geographical shape and chains of mountains separating its regions, Japan is, culturally-speaking, quite diverse. There are many...
When I was 15, a friend went to a Comic Conference in Italy. The next day he approached me excitedly, raving that “the ramen was...
In March 2018, I joined an Upper School global travel trip to Japan with 16 high school students and teachers Saya McKenna and Naoko Akiyama....
For 10 days in February, I was among 16 students who traversed the globe along with Ms. Land, Ms. McKenna, and Naoko to visit Japan....
Tampons came packaged in totally opaque, black plastic bags, which the attendants at the register put in your hands quickly and carefully. There was no...
