
Category: Tokyo Lifestyle


Japan Art and Hiroshige: Art, Sumida River, and Shintaro Ishihara

Italia, amore mio! 2023: Italian event in Harajuku (Tokyo – May 20 and 21)

Japan Art and Kiyokata Kaburaki: Meiji to early Taisho

Japan Art and Keishu Takeuchi: Late Meiji Period

Japan art and Plum Tree

Japan art and Zojoji Buddhist Temple in the snow (Jodo Buddhism)

Japan art and Tsukioka Kōgyo: Mount Fuji and elegant lady

Japan art and Kobayashi Kiyochika: Snow-filled landscapes

Japan art and Ryuryukyo Shinsai: Insight into wealthy Edo homes

Japan art and Kasamatsu Shiro: Wandering deer and landscapes

Japan art and Buddhism and Shintoism in the snow

Japan art and Shoda Koho: Shin hanga

Japan art and Oda Kazuma: Fusions of art

Japan art and Hokusai: Snow and windy conditions

Japan art and Kajita Hanko: Elegant ladies and flowers

Japan art and Toyoshige (Toyokuni II)

Japan art and Inoue Yasuji: Art of Tokyo

Japan art and Bakufu Ohno: Birds and farmhouses

Japan art and Tsukioka Kogyo (1869-1927)

Japan art and Kawase Hasui: Tales of winter

Japan art and Keishu Takeuchi (1861-1942)

Japan art and Kasamatsu Shiro: Early Showa era

Japan art and Oda Kazuma: Tokyo in art

Nishimura Shigenaga (1697-1756) and Japanese art

Japan art and Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915)

Tokyo hikes under PM Kishida: Consumer, non-perishable food, and energy

Kiyotaka Kaburaki and Japan art: Lure of Kamakura

Tojiro Oshita and Japan art (1870-1911)

Koyama Shotaro and Japan art (1857-1916)

Japan art and Toshikata Mizuno: Great influencer

Japan art and Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)

Tokyo tourism and Hama-Rikyu Gardens

Tokyo tourism and spirituality: Nezu Shinto Shrine

Contemporary Japanese art: Buddhist, Dutch, and Japanese landscapes

Photography in Japan: Meiji to present Tokyo lady via the trick of time

Tokyo tourism: Tokyo Roof Garden in Higashi Shinagawa

Japan novelist and Ichiyō Higuchi (1872-1896): Tragic life

Japan literature and Natsume Sōseki (1867-1916): The afterthought

Art of Japan: Fading hope and the reality of life!

Tokyo in the snow and the calming influence of Shintoism: A lament!

Tokyo tourism: Ryusenji (Meguro Fudo) Tendai Buddhist Temple

Tokyo tourism: Todoroki Valley and the natural flow of Buddhism and Shintoism

Tokyo tourism: Buddhism in ultra-modern Tokyo

Tokyo tourism: Gotokuji Buddhist Temple, cats, and legend of Maneki Neko

Tokyo tourism: Ikegami Honmonji Temple and Nichiren Buddhism

Tokyo tourism: Senzokuike Pond, Nichiren, and the backdrop of Shintoism

Review of Tokyo Ueno Station by Renae Lucas-Hall

Tokyo and Covid-19: Will workstyle changes impact greatly?

Review of Ellery Queen’s Japanese Mystery Stories

Adachi hostess cluster in Tokyo related to at least 100 Covid-19 cases

Tokyo Covid-19 infections reach a new high of 224: Yes, Yuriko Koike, the nightlife!

Tokyo tourism and Akihabara: Anime, electronic goods, otaku, and maid cafe

Tokyo Governor Koike is enabling the sex entertainment area to threaten society with Covid-19

Tokyo is moving closer to full economic and social normality from Covid-19

Red Light Area again responsible for 7 out of 12 new Covid-19 cases in Tokyo

A contemporary artist from Japan and her love of Dutch landscape art

The brief fleeting flower of the Japanese artist Shigeru Aoki

The footsteps of death followed the Japanese poet Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902)

Japanese photos of the late nineteenth-century: Ogawa Kazumasa and lovely flowers

Tokyo gardens and tourism: Rikugien Garden in Komagome

Tokyo tourism: The delightful Kiyosumi Garden in Tokyo

Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire through Japanese eyes: Buddhism, Christianity, and Shintoism

Japanese contemporary artist and L.S. Lowry: A new light and different cultural perspectives

Contemporary Japan artist inspired by the Dutch master Hendrick Avercamp

Art of Japan and the two paths of Buddhism and Shintoism: Faith in the snow without Abraham

Contemporary Japanese artist inspired by Alfred Sisley: Japanese eyes and cultural warning

Contemporary Japanese Art and Shintoism: The spirit of Sawako Utsumi and the Kano School

Japan art and Kanzan Shimomura: Famous son of Wakayama and his early artistic life in Tokyo

Tokyo Fashion News: Changing Dynamics of Ginza Fashion

Folklore of Japan and Onset of Abandonment: Death and love

Japanese art and Kawamura Kiyoo (1852-1934): Changing times but sublime continuity

Katsukawa Shunshō and Japanese Art (1726-1793): Major Influence in the Edo Period

Japan Artist and the Frailty of Life: Yuzo Saeki and his one-sided love affair with France

Tokyo Garden and the Fusion of Faiths and Ideas: Chinzan-so

Tokyo Assembly Election to set Political Ripples: LDP Defeat to Increase Pressure on PM Abe

Mavis the Magic Dog: Sakura the Squirrel and the Terrible Storm (Magic, Shinto, and Japanese culture)

Animation of Japan and Timeless Classic: Princess Mononoke

Japanese High Culture and Tea Ceremony: Historical to Formal Settings

Homage to the Dutch Artist Aert Van Der Neer by Modern Japanese Artist

Yukio Mishima: The Ultimate Ubermensch and the Last Great Japanese Author

Sendai Artist Inspired by Maurice Utrillo: Yuzo Saeki and Inner Passion

Utrillo and Contemporary Japanese Artist: Notre-Dame de Clignantcourt from Fresh Eyes

Eishōsai Chōki and Stunning Art of Japan

Art of Japan and Influence of France: Oka Shikanosuke and his Admiration of Henri Rousseau

Japanese Animation and Timeless Classic: Princess Mononoke

Art of Japan and Rinzai Buddhism: Buddhist Contemplation of Sengai Gibon to Artistic Outreach

Japan and the Spirituality of Mountain Art: Buddhism, Shintoism, and Reflections

Ghost in the Shell, from Classic Japanese Animation to a de-Japanized American Version
