[Corona ni Makeruna] Desperate times call for ingenious measures at Okayama’s ‘Naked Festival’
Okayama’s Saidaiji Eyo Festival, also dubbed the “Naked Festival,” will be held on February 20 this year, 2021. Known as one of “The Three Strangest…
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Okayama’s Saidaiji Eyo Festival, also dubbed the “Naked Festival,” will be held on February 20 this year, 2021. Known as one of “The Three Strangest…
Peter Tasker, Arcus Research, for JAPAN Forward In the year of the coronavirus, more than one sixth of the entire Japanese population went to the…
Daniel Robson (chief editor, IGN Japan), for JAPAN Forward Japanese games have a place in gamers’ hearts, both at home and abroad, and 2021 will…
Our media partner JAPAN Forward is celebrating its third anniversary. To mark the occasion, they have renewed their website with the following features: A new…
It is around this time of year, when the cool autumn breezes begin to blow, that we find a morning visit to Omicho Market in…
June has arrived, and along with it an unusually early rainy season comes knocking at the door. Source: Sankei Shinbun/Japan Forward/p> Muggy days, alternating between…
Ayako Kurosawa for JAPAN Forward Japanese bamboo art has become a hot sensation overseas, although in Japan such works are viewed more commonly as crafts…
Arielle Busetto, JAPAN Forward Are you curious about the Japanese traditional dress known as kimono? After the recent media storm surrounding Kim Kardashian’s short-lived underwear…
An exhibition showcasing ceramic works for use in the Japanese tea ceremony, “Mino Tea Wares: Kiseto, Setoguro, Shino, and Oribe,” is underway at the Suntory…
(By Paul Martin) In recent times, there have been many cases of war loot being repatriated to the original owners, their descendants, or country of…
Kazuhisa Hori (President, Enoshima Marine Corporation), for JAPAN Forward My company, which was founded close to 67 years ago, is in the business of planning…
The 50 Years of Go Nagai exhibit celebrating half a century’s work by Japanese manga artist Go Nagai, 73, will open on September 14 at…
by Şenol Hasan, JAPAN Forward When you think of Japan, what comes to mind? Thousands of people scrambling across Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo? The beautiful…
The picturesque Magome guesthouse (Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture) with its quintessential Edo era post town vestiges behind us, we threaded our way up a stone-paved…
Daniel Robson for JAPAN Forward Performing for their third time at the Fuji Rock Festival, Glim Spanky is the quintessential band for a festival set…