Category:Tokyo Culture Guide

The University Art Museum is located in the corner of UENO Park 【上野公園】which is a large public park next to JR UENO Station in central Tokyo. The main part of UENO Park used to be one of the largest te......

Kanda Myojin 【神田明神】 is one of the oldest Shinto shrines 【神社】, which was founded in 730 C.E. A Shinto shrine has Shintoism 【神道】. The deities enshrined are the guardian deities for Tokyo neighborhoods. ......

Hiroshi Sugimoto: Lost Human @TOP Museum in Ebisu. Hiroshi Sugimoto is one of the most evaluated Japanese artists based in New York since the 1970s, who uses a large-format camera to produce minutely ......

Tattoo is Taboo in Japanese society. The purpose of this blog is mainly for future clients from overseas who haven't got actual knowledge about the perception of tattoo in Japan. Walking down the stre......

YOKAI in the Arts of Japan @ Edo-Tokyo Museum Edo-Tokyo Museum has a special exhibition about Japanese YOKAI: ghost, phantom, strange and supernatural creatures from Japanese folklore.YOKAI 【妖怪】 is a ......