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Independent films
fromThe Verge
2 hours ago

Two Japanese movies that confront what it means to be alive

Sho Miyake's films explore human connection and isolation through characters experiencing discomfort and clumsiness.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
20 hours ago

Haruki Murakami to publish first novel to feature woman as sole protagonist

Haruki Murakami's first novel with a female protagonist, The Tale of Kaho, will be published in Japan on July 3, 2024.
Mindfulness
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

I'm bringing the Japanese art of shadow and light into my garden

The concept of ma in ikebana emphasizes the importance of negative space in floral arrangements for enhanced appreciation.
#architecture
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
3 weeks ago
Renovation

kengo kuma sculpts radiating hinoki louvres throughout new library in chikujo, japan

Kengo Kuma and Associates transformed a former public hall into a timber-filled library in rural Fukuoka, enhancing its scale and atmosphere.
Renovation
fromwww.archdaily.com
5 days ago

SATOYAMA TERRACE / Tatsuro Sasaki Architects

Architecture in Satoyama Terrace engages with the landscape dynamically, emphasizing natural elements as active forces rather than mere background.
Design
fromDesign Milk
2 days ago

Jonoya by Masakazu Tsujibayashi Is Anything But Ordinary

Architecture balances public visibility and private sanctuary, exemplified by Jonoya's warm interiors and innovative design.
Fashion & style
fromwww.nytimes.com
2 days ago

The Japanese Designers Changing Men's Wear

Men's fashion is increasingly influenced by Japanese labels focusing on quality and fit, appealing to a dedicated group of enthusiasts.
Writing
fromThe Atlantic
3 days ago

Living With Your Friends Won't Solve Your Problems

Women living together can create strong bonds but also face significant challenges and conflicts.
fromThe New Yorker
5 days ago

The Novelist Reimagining the Japanese American Internment

The forced imprisonment of some hundred and twenty thousand residents, a majority of whom were U.S. citizens, rested on dubious evidence that they posed any meaningful threat to American safety.
History
OMG science
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

The Guardian view on Japan's cherry blossom: when spring slips out of time | Editorial

Prof Yasuyuki Aono's research shows cherry blossoms in Japan bloom earlier due to climate change, impacting culture and tourism significantly.
Writing
fromwww.nytimes.com
4 days ago

Poetry Challenge Day 2: Love, How It Works and What It Means

Auden's poem explores love philosophically, contrasting indifference with the desire for mutual affection.
Arts
fromColossal
3 weeks ago

Yamamoto Masao's Otherworldly Portraits Introduce Us to Expressive Owls

Yamamoto Masao's photographs evoke emotional connections between image and memory, focusing on owls and their diminishing habitats.
fromwww.nytimes.com
1 week ago

Classic and Contemporary Literature From France, Japan, India, the U.K. and Brazil

Classic France is a country of nuance with a love of conversation and freedom and an aversion to fanaticism. Contemporary Houellebecq describes France as a museum, where landscape turns into decor and where rural areas are emptying out.
Writing
#poetry
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago
Books

The best recent poetry review roundup

The collection features unrhymed sonnets exploring the relationship between landscape, language, and human experience amidst themes of illness and trauma.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago
Books

The best recent poetry review roundup

Three recent poetry collections explore lyric craft, ecological fragility, and personal memory with precise observation, painterly imagery, and elegiac intensity.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

The best recent poetry review roundup

The collection features unrhymed sonnets exploring the relationship between landscape, language, and human experience amidst themes of illness and trauma.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

Daunting, inspiring, comforting, terrifying: the writers who can make silence as eloquent as words

A vision lay before him: Fleet Street blanketed with snow, silent, empty, pure white, and, at the end of it, the huge and majestic form of Saint Paul's Cathedral. It was a spellbinding moment: the great thoroughfare temporarily devoid of carts and carriages, the cathedral looming blurrily out of the still-falling snowflakes a real-life snow globe.
London
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 month ago

Your Carry-On Isn't Ready for Cherry Blossom Season in Japan - These 9 Designs Are - Yanko Design

Camera (1) is a compact, metal-bodied camera designed for ease of use, featuring a single-edge control layout that allows for quick adjustments without navigating a touchscreen. This design is particularly beneficial during cherry blossom season when moments are fleeting and require immediate capture.
Photography
#japanese-literature
Books
fromAnOther
4 weeks ago

Mieko Kawakami's New Novel Exposes the Tokyo Underworld of the 90s

Sisters in Yellow portrays a teenage girl's descent into the Japanese underworld after her mother disappears, exploring themes of loneliness and class struggle.
Books
fromAnOther
4 weeks ago

Mieko Kawakami's New Novel Exposes the Tokyo Underworld of the 90s

Sisters in Yellow portrays a teenage girl's descent into the Japanese underworld after her mother disappears, exploring themes of loneliness and class struggle.
Travel
fromMail Online
1 month ago

Japan resident reveals how to beat the cherry blossom crowds

Japan's cherry blossom season attracts millions of visitors annually, but expert strategies can help travelers avoid crowds and experience the blooms more authentically by embracing flexibility and exploring local areas.
Skiing
fromHarper's Magazine
1 month ago

Tokyo Adrift, by Matthew Sherrill

Sumo wrestling represents profound Japanese cultural identity and nationalist sentiment, particularly as foreign dominance and anti-immigrant politics reshape contemporary Japan.
#residential-architecture
fromArchDaily
1 month ago
Renovation

Renovation and Continuity in Japanese Architecture: The Work of 1110 Office for Architecture

Renovation
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Renovation and Continuity in Japanese Architecture: The Work of 1110 Office for Architecture

1110 Office for Architecture addresses societal and environmental transformation through careful residential renovations and precise spatial interventions that balance change with enduring elements.
#world-baseball-classic
fromDodger Blue
1 month ago
LA Dodgers

Dodgers News: Yoshinobu Yamamoto Making Final World Baseball Classic Start For Japan

Yoshinobu Yamamoto will pitch for Japan in the WBC quarterfinal against Venezuela on Saturday, then remain with the team through elimination without pitching further before returning to the Dodgers.
fromDodger Blue
2 months ago
Major League Baseball

Dodgers News: Yoshinobu Yamamoto Pitching For Team Japan In 2026 World Baseball Classic

Samurai Japan named its 2026 WBC roster including Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto; Roki Sasaki was excluded amid Dodgers' concerns after a right shoulder injury.
LA Dodgers
fromDodger Blue
1 month ago

Dodgers News: Yoshinobu Yamamoto Making Final World Baseball Classic Start For Japan

Yoshinobu Yamamoto will pitch for Japan in the WBC quarterfinal against Venezuela on Saturday, then remain with the team through elimination without pitching further before returning to the Dodgers.
fromDodger Blue
2 months ago
Major League Baseball

Dodgers News: Yoshinobu Yamamoto Pitching For Team Japan In 2026 World Baseball Classic

Design
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 month ago

8 Best Japanese Spring Home Upgrades That Make Tiny Rooms Feel Like a Wabi-Sabi Sanctuary - Yanko Design

Japanese design philosophy emphasizes deliberate minimalism where less means intentional rather than empty, achieved through functional objects rooted in craft traditions and spatial intelligence.
Renovation
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 month ago

This Crumbling Kyoto Home Was Rebuilt as a Wabi-Sabi Sanctuary - and Every Detail Is Intentional - Yanko Design

A Kyoto renovation restores a traditional Sukiya residence by removing decades of alterations, creating livable spaces that honor historical principles while serving contemporary needs.
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Mitski Shares Her Cultural Essentials

I think, even though she's world famous with millions of fans, I still think she's underrated, because yes, she's the greatest singer in the world, but also, she doesn't get enough credit for her songwriting. She's written amazing songs over many years consistently and she's really innovated in recorded music and I don't know, I just think she's a genius and people don't realize that she is a genius.
Music
fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 months ago

This Artist Creates Superhero and Comic Watercolors With Traditional Japanese Motifs

Justin Bieber for Calvin Klein Spring 2015 Ad Campaign In A Parallel Universe: Artist Exposes Sexism By Switching Up Gender Roles In Old-School Ads Russian Blogger Makes Parodies Out Of Celebrity Photos, And More Than 20,000 Followers On Instagram Approve 10 Famous Movie Titles Written Using Negative Space The World of Modern Graphic Design & Typography by Kyle Kemink Chinese Tech Companies Hiring 'Pretty' Girls to Motivate Male Employees by Chatting, Playing Ping Pong and Buying them Breakfast
Typography
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago

The Japanese concept that explains why chasing happiness makes you miserable - Silicon Canals

Ikigai emphasizes purpose-driven living over pursuing fleeting happiness, reducing anxiety by focusing on meaningful daily activity rather than constant pleasure-seeking.
Arts
fromJuxtapoz
2 months ago

Juxtapoz Magazine - Takashi Murakami: Hark Back to Ukiyo-e: Tracing Superflat to Japonisme's Genesis @ Perrotin, Los Angeles

Takashi Murakami presents 24 new paintings tracing ukiyo-e's influence on Impressionism and exploring bijinga's global impact at Perrotin Los Angeles.
fromAeon
2 months ago

The Japanese ethics of 'ningen' dethrones the Western self | Aeon Essays

In Rinrigaku, Watsuji argues that ethics is the study of what it means for us to be human. How we think about the nature of human existence, he says, dictates the ways in which we understand our ethical values. Hence, he criticises Western philosophical conceptions of the modern subject, arguing that the Western rendering of subjectivity is both problematic and foreign
Philosophy
Travel
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Jimbocho: Books, cafes and guitars in the coolest neighborhood in Tokyo (and the world)

Jimbocho, Tokyo's historic bookstore district with over 180 shops, combines literary heritage with contemporary appeal, attracting both trend-seekers and independent explorers through its diverse book culture and related businesses.
London music
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Do what you really want to do while you're still alive': Masayoshi Takanaka, the Japanese guitar hero surfing a second wave in his 70s

Masayoshi Takanaka, a 72-year-old Japanese jazz fusion guitarist, is experiencing a career resurgence with his first UK solo performances in 50 years, including two nights at Brixton Academy and a summer festival headline.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

People ought to know': Blue Boy Trial brings Japan's trans history up to date

The original legal case concerned a doctor who was prosecuted for performing gender reassignment surgery on transgender women, amid law enforcement frustrations that female-presenting transgender sex workers could not be prosecuted for their profession due to their being legally male. The doctor was found guilty of violating Japan's eugenics laws, which prohibited surgeries resulting in sterilisation if they were deemed inessential.
LGBT
Philosophy
fromWarpweftandway
2 months ago

Summer School in Classical Chinese and Classical Japanese

Ca' Foscari and Princeton offer a summer program teaching Classical Chinese and Classical Japanese/Kanbun with grammar-focused tracks for students preparing for premodern China/Japan graduate study.
History
fromOpen Culture
2 months ago

The Samurai Who Became A Roman Citizen

In 1613 Date Masamune sent Hasekura Tsunenaga from Japan through New Spain to Europe to seek diplomatic ties with Spain and the Pope.
LGBT
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

The place that stayed with me: I was cautious in showing my queerness, until a night spent dancing at a Tokyo gay bar

A gay man navigates internalised homophobia shaped by faith and family while negotiating identity, public affection norms, and intimacy during travel.
Design
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

When Architects Design Time: Tadao Ando and the Meaning of Youth

Tadao Ando designed a green apple-shaped watch for Cauny's Architects of Time Series, symbolizing youth as a lifelong attitude rather than a life stage, inspired by Samuel Ullman's poem.
Travel
fromElite Traveler
2 months ago

Uncovering Japan's Road Less Traveled

Japan Heritage promotes regional cultural, artisanal, and spiritual traditions to guide tourists beyond crowded routes and reveal diverse local stories and experiences.
Arts
fromArtnet News
1 month ago

Japan's Art Market Registers Modest Growth: Report. Plus, a Rundown of the Latest in Asia's Art World | Artnet News

Japan's art market grew two percent to $692 million in 2024 despite global contraction, with dealers dominating sales and most transactions under $10,000.
fromDefector
1 month ago

Yoko Tawada Is A Genius In Any Language | Defector

The best argument I can make for why I like reading fiction in translation is because it facilitates the psychedelic experience of encountering someone else's subjectivity twice over. The translator must act as a prismatic filter, faithfully attempting the impossible task of replicating someone else's experiences and ideas. To read in translation is to read two stories in harmony with each other: The one the author wants to tell and the one the translator has brought into your linguistic world.
Writing
Renovation
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 months ago

Engawa in Ninotaira / HAMS and, Studio

A renovation transforms a 60-year-old Hakone house by integrating valley-scale topography through layers of enclosure into a continuous interior spatial experience.
Books
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Rimbaud and Verlaine in Washington Square Park

Richard Hell's novel 'Godlike' transposes a nineteenth-century French poets' affair to 1970s New York, exploring themes of sex, violence, and self-determination through punk culture.
Writing
fromOpen Culture
2 months ago

Jack Kerouac Lists 9 Essentials for Writing Spontaneous Prose

Writing should be a rapid, breath-driven, associative outpouring that privileges rhythm, immediacy, and improvisation over revision and strict grammatical correctness.
Books
fromHarvard Gazette
2 months ago

Gathering medieval French prayerbook, Kabuki in America, Sylvia Plath's thoughts - Harvard Gazette

Houghton Library's new acquisitions display showcases diverse rare materials—from an 18th–19th-century Georgian Bible to Sylvia Plath's books and internment camp letters.
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 months ago

Imabari Shipbuilding Marugame Office / Yano Aoyama Architecture Design

Intervening at the head office of Imabari Shipbuilding's Marugame Site presented an opportunity to reorganize the working environment of multiple parties involved in the construction of large tankers, formerly scattered across a vast industrial area of 0.88 km.
Design
Writing
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Yiyun Li on Stories That Happen Twice

Retrospective narrative reveals how stories gain completeness through the knowledge of future events, transforming present moments into layered reflections on fate and identity.
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