Since 2020, Artizon Museum has been holding its Jam Session exhibitions annually. The sessions feature collaborations between the museum’s Ishibashi Foundation Collection and contemporary artists. This year, “Jam Sess...
Since its founding in 2017, DESIGNART TOKYO has stood as one of the world’s most innovative cross-disciplinary events, born from the idea that “INTO THE EMOTIONS”. This philosophy underlines the belief that creativity...
Katazome, the craft of traditional Japanese stencil dyeing technique that uses rice paste as a resist to apply patterns to fabric, has been ingrained in Japanese textile art since the Heian period. From the Muromachi ...
In 1999, the endearing song “Dango San Kyodai” (Three dumpling brothers) made its debut in the NHK TV program “Oka-san to Isho” (With Mother). The song gained popularity instantly nationwide due to its catchy lyrics, ...
From September 30 to October 20, 2025, CHANEL’s le19M, the Parisian home of the Métiers d’art, travels to Tokyo for the first time with la Galerie du 19M Tokyo, a remarkable exhibition held on the 52nd floor of the Mo...
Tokyo’s Roppongi district dissolves once again the boundaries between everyday life and artistic imagination. From September 26th to 28th, 2025, Roppongi Art Night returns as one of the city’s most dynamic cultural ev...
He has been widely known as the “Painter of the Sun.” His luminous and ardent colors project vibrant energy that instill new meanings in the diverse cultures he had experienced throughout his life. Kojin Toneyama (192...
The transition from the Shōwa (1926-1989) to the Heisei era (1989-2019) witnessed groundbreaking and tumultuous events in Japan and abroad. The spark of two world wars crippled civilizations, yet forged the paths to ...
“Yukiguni” or “Snow Country,” the celebrated novel by classic author and Nobel Prize recipient Yasunari Kawabata, was written in Yuzawa, Niigata Prefecture, where the romantic setting of the story also took place. Bla...
Ed Atkins has spent fifteen years asking one big question: where does our digital life end and real human feeling begin? The Oxford-born, Copenhagen-based artist uses his own face and voice as material, creating video...
As Osaka welcomes the world for EXPO 2025, Art Osaka 2025 offers a compelling supplement to the city’s cultural moment. Held from June 5 to 9 across two vibrant districts, this 23rd edition of Japan’s longest-running ...
As the world gathers in Osaka for Expo 2025, a bewildering and magnificent experience amplifies the power of imagination. Within the “Grand Ring” stands the Signature Pavilion LIVE EARTH JOURNEY, a multisensory odysse...
