Tomoko Kira, researcher of history of Japanese modern art at Japan Women’s University, contributed to the guidelines. She said that art history shows that the artworks that are evaluated ...

In architecture, more than anywhere else, Japan plays a subtle game ... notch transforms the daylight coming in into a work of art. The beam of light cuts through the darkness of the bare nave ...

A Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present. 3rd edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. Morse, Samuel Crowell, et al. Reinventing Tokyo: Japan’s Largest City in the ...

Like public service announcements (PSAs) today, select sugoroku during Japan’s Modern Era, 1900s-1930s, served a purpose: to educate people about desired behaviors. With a positive tone and colorful ...

Complement your Setouchi contemporary art experience with accommodation that blends timeless Japanese aesthetics with modern comfort. The Bikan District of Kurashiki (Okayama Prefecture), a ...