Cat-spotting is just one playful way to explore the craft culture of one of Japan’s top woodworking towns, which has been ...

Glass may be fragile, but when it's melted, it can be molded into a brand new shape. Just like her medium, 53-year-old Kurumi ...

Museums and galleries are failing women artists—and the majority, particularly those over 65, are now bypassing the traditional art world to create their own networks and sell their art directly ...

As a fellow artist focusing on Japanese calligraphy, she is "jealous" of her daughter's first solo exhibition, she joked, though of course "I'm happy, as a mum". Once she thought her daughter ...

The Japanese concept of wabi-sabi — the beauty ... they are reactivating it. The revival of traditional Asian aesthetics is also gaining traction in global art markets and exhibitions. What once may ...

Get ready for an unforgettable evening showcasing the music of the shakuhachi, Japan’s traditional bamboo flute ... development of our community — trusting in the power of art, dialogue, and ideas to ...

Transience has come to inform so much of Japan’s culture — even its sense of self. T commissioned the Tokyo-based fine-art photographer ... Above, a torii (a traditional Japanese gate) amid ...

By Kate Guadagnino Illustrations by Ilya Milstein “J-pop” is an umbrella term encompassing a range of subgenres blending elements of Western and traditional Japanese music across various ...

she makes “pilgrimages” to countries like the UK and Japan. But, signs aren’t all she paints. In September last year, she spent five weeks painting a mural on a carefully aged wall as part of an ...

A traditional festival featuring decorative floats has opened in the central Japanese prefecture of Gifu. The Furukawa Festival in Hida City is one of the "Yama, Hoko, Yatai float festivals in ...