The Floating World” transports visitors to a time when Japan was emerging from the feudal era and modern cities were booming.

Obata, detained in a World War II internment camp for people of Japanese descent, urged turning to "Great Nature" to ...

Originally published as part of a 2024 feature, this piece revisits three local creators whose work draws on toys, '90s pop ...

Japan is having a moment. Michelle Ogundehin considers what the West can learn from the country's approach to design and ...

In Japan, calligraphy is more than just writing—it’s an art form that requires patience, focus, and respect for tradition. This video gives a rare look inside a Japanese calligraphy class ...

Ever wondered how Japanese students learn beautiful calligraphy? ️ This video takes you inside a Japanese calligraphy school, where students practice the art of shodō, writing kanji and kana ...

The Pola Museum of Art, set up in 2002 by the eponymous cosmetic company, has three of its own Van Gogh oil paintings—more than any other Japanese collection. Acquired in the last decades of the ...

Japan has introduced new rules to regulate how children’s names written in Chinese characters, kanji, are pronounced. Kanji is one of the three core writing systems in Japanese, alongside ...

Kanae Collins, a passionate artist and educator, guides students through the intricate world of kanji, the logographic adopted Chinese characters used in the Japanese writing system, which represent a ...

Let’s face it—Japanese can feel like a language that belongs in a different world. Three scripts (Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji), thousands of characters, unfamiliar grammar rules, and an entire ...

Topps has announced an ultra rare parallel that will be inserted into this year’s Bowman Baseball 2025, which releases May 7th. Four Japanese players will receive these rare “Kanji” cards ...

The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg (MFA), proudly presents Kimono: The Triumph of Japanese Dress, an extraordinary exploration of Japanese fashion and culture. On view from March 8 through June 8 ...