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Daisuke Kikuchi
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 19, 2015
'Louvre Museum: Genre Painting — Scenes from Daily Life'
Feb. 21-June 1
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 19, 2015
'Kawaii: Cute Girls in Ukiyo-e'
March 1-26
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 19, 2015
'The 61st Japan Traditional Kogei: Art Crafts Exhibition'
Feb. 25-March 15
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 12, 2015
'Hina Matsuri and Japanese Dolls'
Feb. 21-April 7
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 12, 2015
'Japanese Artists in Paris Part 2: 1950s-60s — From the Selected Collection'
Feb. 14-March 22
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 12, 2015
'New-wave Artists 2015: From the Public Entry Exhibition'
Feb. 19-March 15
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 5, 2015
'Seiho Takeuchi'
Last year marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of Seiho Takeuchi (1864-1942), a pioneer of nihonga (Japanese-style painting), whose influence on the genre helped it develop even further from its traditional restraints.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 5, 2015
'Demitasse Cosmos: Glitter of Jewelry'
Since coffee was their common interest, Yasuhiro and Tomiko Suzuki started collecting demitasse together after they were married more than 40 years ago. They bought one cup and saucer each month, accumulating a diverse collection of more than 500 sets.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 5, 2015
'Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art, Washington'
Sixty-eight paintings on loan from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, 38 of which have never been shown in Japan before, have arrived at the Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 29, 2015
'Best of The Best'
From its collection of around 2,500 pieces, the Bridgestone Museum's "Best of The Best" includes works by major names such as Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cezanne and Jackson Pollock.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 29, 2015
'Line in the Sand: Paul Davis'
Social satire and ironic humor are the trademarks of British illustrator Paul Davis, whose characters are usually portrayed in scribbled lines and accompanied by handwritten phrases or dialog.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 29, 2015
'Kunsthaus Zurich'
This is the first time that paintings have been brought to Japan from Switzerland's Kunsthaus Zurich, which boasts the largest collection of modern art in Zurich and includes numerous works by the country's finest artists, such as Ferdinand Hodler and Alberto Giacometti.
CULTURE / Music
Jan 23, 2015
Former owner of club Noon sees acquittal upheld
The former owner of an Osaka nightclub charged under Japan's controversial "no dancing" law has been cleared of wrongdoing after a High Court upheld his acquittal last year.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 22, 2015
'Gabriel Orozco: Inner Cycles'
To kick start their 20th anniversary year, the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo is showcasing the work of Mexico-born contemporary artist Gabriel Orozco as one of their three special exhibitions opening this week. This will be Orozco's first solo exhibition in Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 22, 2015
'The Genealogy of Fantasy: From Goya to Klinger'
Through works from its own collection, The Museum of Modern Art is introducing an 18th- and 19th-century fantasy world of Western prints at its Kamakura Annex.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 22, 2015
'Yokoo Tadanori: Great Nirvana'
This collection of more than 300 nehanzo (nirvana statues) was originally accumulated by the artist Tadanori Yokoo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 20, 2015
2014 a groundhog year for top record labels
Avex has landed another No. 1 spot on the charts, but this time it's for the record label itself.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 15, 2015
'Jules Pascin Exhibition'
Traveling was a major source of inspiration for Jules Pascin (1885-1930), a painter who was of Italian-Serbian and Spanish heritage and born in Bulgaria. Educated in Vienna and then in Munich, he later moved to France, where in the 1920s he became a significant figure of the Modern School of Paris. This...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 15, 2015
'Fuji Paradigms: Visions of Mt. Fuji'
Mount Fuji, with its beautifully symmetrical ridge lines and snowy peak, has always attracted photographers from near and afar. With nearly 300 stills and posters from its collection, the Izu Photo Museum in Shizuoka celebrates this iconic landmark, charting its representation in the history of Japan....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 15, 2015
'Hanshinkan Fashion Style: Osaka + Kobe 1950-1970'
The Kobe Fashion Museum is presenting a review of Kansai fashion trends from 1950 to 1970. Even before World War II, Osaka and Kobe were known to be culturally cultivated fashion meccas for designers and dressmakers who were influenced by foreign styles.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

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