For Delilah Romasanta's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
The LGBT community in Tokyo is hard at work. Not even a month after the Rainbow Pride parade, the biennial Asian Queer Film Festival is set to grace the Cinemart Roppongi this weekend. Started in 2007, AQFF screens queer films from Asia, hoping to spread ...
Yasuo Kono, a businessman with an interest in art and music, had an eye for acquiring Western-style art. His collection is renowned throughout Japan and has been praised by many for its impressive number of musically inspired modern works. This exhibition showcases 200 paintings ...
Tea ceramics have long been a symbol of traditional Asian art. The ko-sometsuke and shonzui styles, or Chinese blue-and-white tea ceramics popular at the end of the Ming period were often used in Japan for a tea ceremony known as wabi-cha. Such ceramic works were ...
There's something to be said about watching a concert outside. The music fills the air and the feeling of summer becomes liberating. This weekend, people in Fukuoka are going to get a headstart on feeling that vibe. Circle '13 is set to return for a ...
During a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in the 1970s, Robert Feinberg, a chemist and businessman from Maryland, found himself admiring an Edo Period (1603-1867) painting. Since then, Feinberg and his wife have amassed an impressive collection of paintings ...
During the late1800s, westernization in Japan brought about a new art style — yōga, for which Japanese artists emulated western conventions and techniques, inspired in particular by European painters. The collection on show presents more than 200 yōga works, paying particular homage to renowned artists ...
If you missed the African Festival last month, head over to Yokohama this weekend to take part in Africa Festa. Reportedly one of the largest events in Japan aiming to promote relations with Africa, the event is being held ahead of the fifth Tokyo International ...
The late 1960s was an important period for the development of Japanese photography, which helped pictorialise and document the era's significant political and social changes. This show focuses on the years 1966 to 1974, and is split into four sections: the history of photographic expression; ...
Though largely revered for its law school, Harvard University offers students of many fields an Ivy League education that has attracted top students from all over the world. In architecture, the Harvard Graduate School of Design provides unparalleled teaching, which has resulted in an ...
The timing of this year's Golden Week holidays doesn't allow many people to travel far. You can, however, get a taste of Latin America if you head down to Yoyogi Park. The park will host a large-scale festival for this year's Cinco de Mayo holiday. ...
