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Jan 13, 2012

Antinuclear event open to general public

As public interest in nuclear-power issues soared following the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, there has been a push to get more people involved in discussing alternate energy solutions.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jan 13, 2012

Cooking lessons for kids in Osaka

The Ramada Osaka has started offering cooking classes for children ages 12 and under at the hotel's Neuf Neuf cafe, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 13, 2012

"Yayoi Kusama: Eternity of Eternal Eternity"

Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929) is a leading contemporary artist and known worldwide as a frontrunner of avant-garde art in Japan. Though she has been active since the late 1950s, she has been particularly prominent on the art scene since the 2000s.
CULTURE / Art
Jan 13, 2012

"Yayoi Kusama: Eternity of Eternal Eternity"

Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929) is a leading contemporary artist and known worldwide as a frontrunner of avant-garde art in Japan. Though she has been active since the late 1950s, she has been particularly prominent on the art scene since the 2000s.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 13, 2012

"Redon and his Contemporaries: Dreams of the Fin-de-Siecle"

Odilon Redon (1840-1916) was a leading figure of the French symbolist movement, which opposed both realism and the flourishing Impressionism of the 19th-century.
CULTURE / Art
Jan 13, 2012

"Redon and his Contemporaries: Dreams of the Fin-de-Siecle"

Odilon Redon (1840-1916) was a leading figure of the French symbolist movement, which opposed both realism and the flourishing Impressionism of the 19th-century.
Reader Mail
Jan 12, 2012

Henoko relocation a no-go

Under strong pressure from the U.S. government, an environmental impact assessment report was finally delivered to the Okinawa prefectural government on the presumption that work for relocating U.S. Marine Air Station Futenma from the more densely populated Ginowan to the Henoko area must start without...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jan 8, 2012

Nosing around Nada, the nation's sake-brewing mecca

Chewing and spitting out rice, unseemly as it sounds, is a key step in making kuchikami (literally, "mouth-chew") sake, an early form of the now world-famous drink. Fortunately, the brew has come a long way since then.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 6, 2012

"The Best of the Yamatane Collection "

The Yamatane Museum of Art is celebrating its 45th anniversary with an exhibition showcasing the best works from its vast collection.
CULTURE / Art
Jan 6, 2012

"The Best of the Yamatane Collection "

The Yamatane Museum of Art is celebrating its 45th anniversary with an exhibition showcasing the best works from its vast collection.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jan 1, 2012

Enjoy a hot night out at Nozawa Onsen

In the north of Nagano Prefecture, mid-January is the dead of winter. White mountains rise up into cloud. Fields are blanketed in snow, woods are bare and villages are hushed by cold. All along the roadsides, snowbanks rise as high as car windows, their sides revealing layered strata of snowfall after...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Dec 31, 2011

Just when you think nothing can go wrong

You've heard it . . .
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 23, 2011

"Kuniyoshi: Spectacular Ukiyo-e Imagination"

One of the greatest contributors to ukiyo-e (woodblock prints), that popular art form of the Edo Period (1603-1867), was Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861), who was known for his beautiful workmanship, attention to detail and innovative style. Kuniyoshi was also a prolific printmaker and one of the artists...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Dec 23, 2011

Aquarium, park offer festivies

Scuba-diving Santas, parading penguins, luminous balloons and a maze made of lights — the people of Osaka celebrate the festive season with more than the occasional Christmas tree.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 23, 2011

"Banka Nonagase Exhibition"

Banka Nonagase (1889-1964) was born in Chikatsuyu, Nakahechi-cho (today's Tanabe City) in Wakayama Prefecture. He moved to Osaka while still in his teens, and studied there under Rogetsu Nakagawa. Even at that young age, Nonagase's personal sophisticated style and attitude got him noticed, and it is...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 23, 2011

"Ueda Souko: Busho Chajin no Sekai Ten"

During the feudal times of the Momoyama Period (1573-1615), samurai culture had come under the influence of the then growing Zen Buddhism. Buddhist art in the form of rock gardens, the tea ceremony and ikebana thus became an important part of samurai life.
Japan Times
Reference / SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
Dec 20, 2011

Yomawari

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LIFE / WEEK 3
Dec 18, 2011

Lone holdout's first nuclear winter looms in Tohoku

As bitter winds blow around cesium and other radioactive particles spewed from the nearby Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant's reactors, Naoto Matsumura lights a cigarette, which he considers relatively good for his health.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 16, 2011

"Fuyuko Matsui: Becoming Friends with All the Children in the World"

Fuyuko Matsui's shocking yet attractive paintings have garnered her much attention as a modern nihonga (Japanese-style) artist. This retrospective explores Mutsui's past work and aspirations for the future.
COMMENTARY
Dec 10, 2011

Civil reawakening in Russia?

It came as no surprise to Russian citizens that parliamentary elections held Dec. 4 were neither free nor fair. Elections in Russia have become increasingly managed since Vladimir Putin's first stint as prime minister in 1999.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 9, 2011

"Street Life: Chronicles of Europe by Seven Photographers" "Elan Photographic: Contemporary Japanese Photography"

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, social-documentary photography boomed in Europe as cameras went into more popular use. "Street Life" comprises 160 images that document the transformation of various European cities. Taken by artists such as Thomas Annan in Scotland and August Sander in...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Dec 9, 2011

Fugu dinner course at Hakone hotel

Through Feb. 29, 2012, the Odakyu Hotel de Yama in the resort area of Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, is offering a special winter accommodation plan that comes with a special Japanese kaiseki dinner featuring fugu, a seasonal fish for winter in Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 9, 2011

"Ito Kiyonaga: A Retrospective"

To celebrate the centenary of Kiyonaga Ito's birth, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art is holding a retrospective of the well-known painter's work. Born to a family who ran a Zen temple in Hyogo Prefecture, Ito (1911-2001) was expected to enter the priesthood. Instead, he chose to became a Western-style...
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2011

Owners bet on Tohoku revival, restart businesses along coast

The day Masahiro Osada reopened his Chinese restaurant, the mayor showed up for a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Dec 4, 2011

Exploring Yanagawa's watery world

The boatman sings a low-pitched, wistful air as he poles our craft down the watery freeway. Some of my fellow passengers obviously know the melancholic song, and join in on what passes for a chorus as we're propelled otherwise noiselessly down the wide canal.

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