Makoto Aida: Eros with a Smile and a Sneer November 15, 2012 Add Comment Edit When artists try to push our buttons, don't be surprised to find them groping for the highly sensitive crotch area, which has more ... Read More
Harue Koga: The Art of Assimilating Western Styles October 26, 2012 Add Comment Edit Fireworks The curse of early Western-style Japanese painters is the charge of derivativeness. Simply because they embraced foreign ar... Read More
Welcome to the Retrozone October 12, 2012 1 Comment Edit Tokyo's weird obsession with trying (but not too hard) to look vaguely like a Victorian Western city . Read More
Video: Neurowear "Shippo" September 24, 2012 Add Comment Edit I came across the "shippo" neurowear tail at Tokyo Game Show 2012. It is an extension of a previous neurowear product that fe... Read More
Exhibition: Taro Okamoto and Jomon Art August 27, 2012 Add Comment Edit Jomon Man, 1982 Revisiting his ancestors' art Taro Okamoto (1911-96) is perhaps Japan's most famous post-war artist. With ... Read More
Interview: Akaji Maro July 19, 2012 Add Comment Edit Butoh: taking a cross-eyed, bow-legged bow When the young dancer Yoshito Ohno simulated sex by breaking the neck of a live chicken b... Read More
The Ryōunkaku Tower March 22, 2012 Add Comment Edit Between 1890, when it was built, and 1923, when it was destroyed, the Ryōunkaku was Tokyo's tallest building. Measuring 69 me... Read More
Photo: JR Poster Camapign Promoting Tourism to Tohoku Region January 21, 2012 Add Comment Edit The Fukushima nuclear accident has been declared officially ended with the 'cold shutdown' of the heavily damaged nuclear react... Read More
Exhibition: Art Brut Japonais January 12, 2012 Add Comment Edit Koichi Fujino's Squid (2001) Unleashing the uninhibited power of expression In recent weeks there have been several contemp... Read More