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Tokyo’s Best Designer Christmas Trees of 2018
If you’re doing some last-minute Christmas shopping in Tokyo, try and swing by some of these locations where you’ll find the best seasonal yet unorthodox designer Christmas trees. Kinetic Christmas tree at Mikimoto Ginza by we+ If you’re in the … Continue reading
Hayao Miyazaki’s Thoughts on Creativity & Imagination
Hayao Miyazaki is the mastermind behind Studio Ghibli films. His animated films became home to millions of people, due to the creative nature of his movies. The link between child imagination and creativity is told through his vast knowledge. So, … Continue reading
Half a Century in the Making: Tree ‘Crop Circles’ Emerge in Japan – Spoon & Tamago
Two peculiar ‘crop circles’ have recently been spotted in Japan’s Miyazaki Prefecture. Viewable only from above, they were formed by sugi (Japanese cedar) trees. Conspiracy theorists will be disappointed to learn that there is a very practical explanation for how … Continue reading
Traditional and Contemporary Japanese Culture Collides in Striking Photographs by RK – Colossal
Tokyo-based photographer RK explores the far reaches of Japan, as well as neighboring Asian countries, shooting images that capture both timeless and of-the-moment scenes. RK often includes signs of life in his landscape images, whether a fisherman casting a line beneath … Continue reading
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The Kimono World’s Dirty Little Secret
On a small island, off the coast of Okinawa in Japan, the world’s most precious kimonos are crafted using a very unusual element: mud. The meticulous technique, which has been practiced for thousands of years, uses mud and dried tree … Continue reading
New Ghibli Museum Exhibition Depicts the Color of Time
Does time have a color? It certainly does. And for director Hayao Miyazaki, the color of time has been an important element of animation throughout his career. For nighttime scenes in particular, the Studio Ghibli animator and his staff have … Continue reading
Handmade Paper Toys by Haruki Nakamura Spring, Fold, and Jump into Action
Japanese paper engineer Haruki Nakamura (previously) continues to design delightful toys using simple materials. A friendly armadillo curls into a self-protective ball at the touch of a finger, and a sleepy boy emerges, ready to sleepwalk, in “Astral Projection.” Nakamura … Continue reading
Hundreds of Japanese Firework Illustrations Now Available for Free Download
In the early 20th-century English fireworks company C.R. Brock and Company (now known as Brocks Fireworks) published colorful catalogs displaying designs from Japanese companies such as Hirayama Fireworks and Yokoi Fireworks. Six catalogs of diverse pyrotechnic diagrams have been digitized and … Continue reading
Peak Persimmon Drying Season Drapes Orange Curtains Throughout Wakayama
It’s peak persimmon drying season in Japan right now. And for Wakayama prefecture, a major producer of persimmons, that means that roughly 70 farmers throughout the town of Katsuragi transform their farms into what is reminiscent of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s … Continue reading
The Terrifying Beauty of Uniqlo’s Robotic Warehouse – Spoon & Tomago
Japanese retailing giant UNIQLO opened their Ariake offices back in 2015 but the warehouse was plagued with problems and inefficiencies. So the company committed to overhaul the warehouse, which was unveiled last week. The result, in which 90% of the … Continue reading
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