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Uncover the hidden world of a Japanese calligraphy family! We explore an abandoned house, revealing stunning shodo art, ...
Pictures of Belonging at the Smithsonian American Art Museum spotlights Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo, three ...
The sun beat down on the Capitol Hill gatehouse structure as the temperature slunk toward 90 degrees. Pigeon behinds butted ...
A mosaic called "Hot Rat Summer," featuring Saint Rat, can be found in Seattle's Cal Anderson Park. The city of Seattle ...
An exhibition in Seoul shows Japanese art from four perspectives to mark the 60th anniversary of the normalization of ties with Japan. Read more here ...
Once polluted and suffering from depopulation, Naoshima has become Japan's hottest contemporary art enclave – and there are signs that life there may be finally rebounding.
SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes the Konamon Japanese Street Food Festival, the Final Pier Locals Night of the season, an multiple Main St ...
Benesse House Museum in Naoshima, Japan, has created a global movement of art hotels that are reshaping luxury accommodations worldwide. Travel reporter Ryan Craggs looks at the history of the art ...
Utah's Japanese community as well as Japantown redevelopment plans will be the focuses of Nihon Matsuri, the annual Japan Festival, on Saturday.
Hongkongers have questioned the hygiene standards at Japanese restaurant Sushiro after a viral video showed a rat scurrying on one of its light panels. In the video, which went viral on Thursday ...