Tokyo’s Immersive Yokai Experience If you yearn to meet Japan’s quirkiest ghosts, now’s your chance! In the land where household goods and old kimonos can take on an afterlife of their own, this Immersive Yokai Experience dishes up vengeful lanterns, stretchy-necked beauties and musical-instruments-bent-on-petty-revenge galore! Each room is a spectacle of projection mapping, with animatedContinueContinue reading “Immersive Yokai Experience: The most charming haunted sandals you’ll ever meet”
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Stunning woodblock prints capture the joy of Japanese festivals
Special Days in Tokyo: A Decorated City and Its People This special exhibit at the Kokugakuin Museum features rare examples of woodblock prints from the 1800s that are so perfectly preserved, the brilliant colors look like they were printed yesterday! They depict the citizenry having fun, watching impromptu skits at the Niwaka Festival in Yoshiwara…ContinueContinue reading “Stunning woodblock prints capture the joy of Japanese festivals”
Cats in Ukiyo-e: The best woodblock print show ever
If we were playing my favorite museum game—the one where we admit we’d pass on that famous piece of art if we saw it at a garage sale for $5 and didn’t know who made it—I’d be feeling pretty good about myself at this show. You’d be hearing me say, “TAKE MY MONEY!” for everyContinueContinue reading “Cats in Ukiyo-e: The best woodblock print show ever”
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