News
Loading...

Fujiland

  • Home
  • Interviews
    • Makoto Aida
    • Hiroshi Sugimoto
    • Nobuyoshi Araki
    • Yayoi Kusama
    • Katsura Funakoshi
  • Art and Culture
    • Exhibitions
    • Nihonga
    • Zen
  • History and Politics
    • Samurai
    • Shoguns
    • Russo-Japanese War
    • WWII
  • Folklore
    • Kappa
    • Tengu
    • Ghosts
  • Manga and Anime
    • Ero-Manga
    • Gegege-no-Kitaro
    • Hello Kitty
    • Sailor Moon
  • Cute and Weird
    • High School Girls
    • Fetish
    • love hotels
Powered by Blogger.

Total Pageviews

Blog Archive

  • ►  2025 (3)
    • ►  February (2)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2024 (3)
    • ►  February (3)
  • ▼  2023 (10)
    • ▼  December (1)
      • EYES WIDE...OPEN
    • ►  November (2)
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  April (1)
    • ►  March (1)
    • ►  February (2)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2022 (2)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ►  August (1)
  • ►  2021 (6)
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  September (2)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  July (1)
    • ►  April (1)
  • ►  2020 (10)
    • ►  August (5)
    • ►  June (1)
    • ►  March (1)
    • ►  February (3)
  • ►  2019 (3)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  July (2)
  • ►  2017 (2)
    • ►  June (1)
    • ►  February (1)
  • ►  2016 (9)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ►  July (1)
    • ►  May (2)
    • ►  April (2)
    • ►  March (1)
    • ►  February (1)
  • ►  2015 (19)
    • ►  December (2)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  October (6)
    • ►  July (1)
    • ►  May (2)
    • ►  April (1)
    • ►  March (1)
    • ►  February (3)
    • ►  January (2)
  • ►  2014 (16)
    • ►  December (2)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ►  July (3)
    • ►  May (3)
    • ►  April (2)
    • ►  March (2)
    • ►  February (1)
  • ►  2013 (15)
    • ►  November (6)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ►  July (1)
    • ►  May (1)
    • ►  April (3)
    • ►  January (3)
  • ►  2012 (9)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  October (2)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  July (1)
    • ►  March (1)
    • ►  January (2)
  • ►  2011 (25)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  October (2)
    • ►  September (3)
    • ►  June (4)
    • ►  May (1)
    • ►  April (2)
    • ►  March (6)
    • ►  February (3)
    • ►  January (2)
  • ►  2010 (49)
    • ►  December (2)
    • ►  November (6)
    • ►  October (25)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ►  June (2)
    • ►  May (2)
    • ►  April (4)
    • ►  March (5)
    • ►  February (2)
  • ►  2009 (29)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  November (11)
    • ►  October (11)
    • ►  September (6)

Other Stuff

  • Y'know - interviews with the famous
    Tadanori Yokoo (横尾 忠則), artist
    5 months ago
  • Trends in Japan
    See how eyebrow makeup trends have changed over the Heisei period
    6 years ago
  • NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW

Followers

Places

Tokyo Shinjuku Yoshiwara Akihabara Dejima Hiroshima Karuizawa Mt. Fuji Nagasaki Nagoya Okubo Setagaya-ku Shibuya Tottori Yasukuni Shrine Aomori Aoyama Cemetery Dogenzaka Fuchu City Fukuoka Gojo Bridge Hiroshima Peace Park Ise Jingu Kabukicho Kanagawa Katsura Imperial Villa Katsushika Kennin-ji Kichijoji Kugenuma Morioka Mt. Asama Nagano Nara Niigata Nishi Ochiai Oita Prefecture Okachimachi Osaka Ryogoku Saitama Sumida River Takadanobaba Tofuki-ji Tohoku region Toshodaiji Toyoga Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine Yomeiji Temple Yono Yoyogi

Pages

  • Home
Home / Archive for December 2023

EYES WIDE...OPEN

December 26, 2023 Add Comment Edit
This short, satirical article was first published in Tokyo YY Vol 4 No 88, Sept 1999 " Shibuya Crosssing" by Marco Santaniello (cl...
Read More
Subscribe to: Comments ( Atom )

FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON TOKYO

FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON TOKYO
The latest art, music, culture, entertainment, food, and commentary from the World's largest and best city.

Random Posts

  • Popular Post
  • Fujiland
  • Category

Popular Posts

  • Exhibition: Zeshin Shibata
    Exhibition: Zeshin Shibata
    The lusciousness of lacquer delights at the Mitsui One of the most common pieces of advice given to prospective art collectors is to acqui...
  • Exhibition: Yumeji Takehisa
    Exhibition: Yumeji Takehisa
    Icons of a Forgotten Femininity Western culture is replete with empowering images of women, from the warrior Amazons of Greek mythol...
  • EYES WIDE...OPEN
    EYES WIDE...OPEN
    This short, satirical article was first published in Tokyo YY Vol 4 No 88, Sept 1999 " Shibuya Crosssing" by Marco Santaniello (cl...
  • Interview: Katsura Funakoshi
    Interview: Katsura Funakoshi
    Two Heads are Better than One. What distinguishes an artist from a craftsman? Well, an obvious difference is the pricing of their ...
  • Makoto Aida: Sorry For Being a Genius
    Makoto Aida: Sorry For Being a Genius
    For most of his career, Makoto Aida has been the enfant terrible of the Japanese art world. But now this exciting and iconoclastic art...
  • Punning the Russian Fleet into Submission
    Punning the Russian Fleet into Submission
    "Gonbei who is picking up rubbish" In the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05, perhaps the climatic moment was the great Battle o...
  • THE BATTLESHIP MIKASA
    THE BATTLESHIP MIKASA
      The Barometer of Japanese History If there’s one object that can exemplify the ups and downs of Japanese history over the la...
  • Hello Clitty: "Toys ‘Arse’ Us" Japanese style!
    Hello Clitty: "Toys ‘Arse’ Us" Japanese style!
    Perhaps due to other deficiencies, sex toys play a disproportionately large role in the erotic life of the Japanese. From the " An...
  • The Ryōunkaku Tower
    The Ryōunkaku Tower
    Between 1890, when it was built, and 1923, when it was destroyed, the Ryōunkaku was Tokyo's tallest building. Measuring 69 me...
  • INTERVIEW: HIROSHI SUGIMOTO
    INTERVIEW: HIROSHI SUGIMOTO
    What Lies Behind Our Love of Clothes There’s something counter-intuitive about photographic artist Hiroshi Sugimoto. While most a...

Recent comments

Famous Fujilanders

Hokusai Hello Kitty Takashi Murakami Akira Kurosawa Araki Hiroshi Sugimoto Katsura Funakoshi Kenzo Tange Kuniyoshi Utagawa Sharaku Tohshuhsai Shinsui Ito Fumio Nanjo Fuyuko Matsui Hakuin Harue Koga Henri Riviere Hirohito Hiroshige Utagawa Isamu Noguchi Itoh Jakuchu Kengo Kuma Kitagawa Utamaro Kiyochika Kobayashi Kiyoshi Sey Takeyama Kumi Machida Makoto Aida Narashige Koide Natsuo Kirino Norihiko Dan Sengai Sosuke Uno Taro Okamoto Yayoi Kusama Yoko Ono Kakuei Tanaka

Fujiland

Both a blog with new posts and an archive of my articles about Japan published in various publications (The Japan Times, Architecture Week, Culturkiosque, The Erotic Review, The International Herald Tribune Asahi Shimbun, Japanzine, J-Select, Kansai Time Out, Kyoto Journal, Metropolis, The Quarterly Review, The South China Morning Post, Tokyo Journal, Taki's Magazine, CNNgo, etc.) This is also a great resource for plaigerists.

Topics

art (28) interview (11) sex (11) Nihonga (10) Zen (10) photography (10) ukiyo-e (10) architecture (8) sculpture (8) video (8) book review (7) manga (7) photo (6) Buddhism (5) history (5) wabi-sabi (5) fashion (4) pornography (4) prostitution (4) surrealism (4) bijinga (3) fiction (3) lacquer (3) samurai (3) schoolgirls (3) tea ceremony (3) Noh (2) anime (2) cinema (2) humour (2) maki-e (2) politics (2) science (2) stereotypes (2) Bushido (1) business (1) ceramics (1) conceptual art (1) contemporary art (1) crafts (1) geisha (1) interior design (1) nightlife (1)

Most Popular (Last Month)

  • Makoto Aida: Sorry For Being a Genius
    Makoto Aida: Sorry For Being a Genius
  • NEIL MUNRO, CHAMPION OF THE AINU
    NEIL MUNRO, CHAMPION OF THE AINU
  • Exhibition: Yumeji Takehisa
    Exhibition: Yumeji Takehisa
  • Interview: Katsura Funakoshi
    Interview: Katsura Funakoshi
  • Hello Clitty: "Toys ‘Arse’ Us" Japanese style!
    Hello Clitty: "Toys ‘Arse’ Us" Japanese style!
  • The Chrysanthemum and the Rose: Japan Year 2001
    The Chrysanthemum and the Rose: Japan Year 2001
  • Punning the Russian Fleet into Submission
    Punning the Russian Fleet into Submission
  • THE BATTLESHIP MIKASA
    THE BATTLESHIP MIKASA
  • Exhibition: Chikanobu Yoshu
    Exhibition: Chikanobu Yoshu
  • INTERVIEW: HIROSHI SUGIMOTO
    INTERVIEW: HIROSHI SUGIMOTO

Most Popular (Last Year)

  • Makoto Aida: Sorry For Being a Genius
  • The Unprickable Conscience of Sada Abe
  • Hello Clitty: "Toys ‘Arse’ Us" Japanese style!
  • The Erotic Art of Susumu Tsutsumi
  • Interview: Yoshio Taniguchi
  • INTERVIEW: HIROSHI SUGIMOTO
  • JAPANICIDE: WHAT MURDER REVEALS ABOUT THE JAPANESE
  • RECORDS OF THE RISING SUN
  • Makoto Aida: Eros with a Smile and a Sneer
  • Interview: Katsura Funakoshi

All Time Most Popular

  • Ero Manga
  • Exhibition: Yoshihiko Ueda
  • The Restless City: How Tokyo’s Sleazier Neighborhoods have Successfully Rebranded Themselves
  • Exhibition: Nobuyoshi Araki + Katsura Funakoshi
  • THE BATTLESHIP MIKASA
  • SUPERFLAT PAPER TIGER: THE ART OF TAKASHI MURAKAMI
  • JAPANICIDE: WHAT MURDER REVEALS ABOUT THE JAPANESE
  • INTERVIEW: HIROSHI SUGIMOTO

About Fujiland

Both a blog with new posts and an archive of my articles about Japan published in various publications (The Japan Times, Architecture Week, Culturkiosque, The Erotic Review, The International Herald Tribune Asahi Shimbun, Japanzine, J-Select, Kansai Time Out, Kyoto Journal, Metropolis, The Quarterly Review, The South China Morning Post, Tokyo Journal, Taki's Magazine, CNNgo, etc.) This is also a great resource for plagiarists.
Created By Sora Templates | Distributed By Gooyaabi Templates
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Error Page