Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Pokémon is one of the most iconic examples of otaku culture. Whether you remember trying to trade Pokémon with friends in the playground or looking for the faintest light to illuminate your screen on a long drive, odds are you’ve played Pokémon at some point, or at […]
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What is a haiku? How to write a haiku on holiday
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! The phrase ‘less is more’ has never been better applied than to the Japanese art of the haiku; why write stanza after lengthy flowery stanza when you could spread a handful of well-chosen words over three lines? Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
10 of the best activities in Japan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! While we don’t want to do the whole ‘it’s not what you know, it’s who you know’ thing, we’ve been sending travellers to Japan for nearly 20 years (crikey, time flies!), and it’s the friends we’ve made along the way that give us access to lots of […]
Four misconceptions about samurai
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! When you come to Japan, you’re bound to come across references to samurai, who performed a key role in Japanese society from the late Heian Period (let’s say the 1100s) until 1873 – when Imperial Japan formally abolished them. That said, families with proud samurai lineage continued […]
The Scottish Potters Association visit Japan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! With its rich history of world-class pottery and ceramics, Japan seemed the perfect choice for the Scottish Potters Association. As well as meeting top experts, they threw themselves into all things Japanese – riding on the bullet train, staying in a ryokan and even trying their hands […]
Art and textiles inspired by Japan: Penny Leaver Green
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! You’d be hard pushed to find someone who’s been to Japan and hasn’t been inspired in some way, but for artists working with textiles it has become something of a mecca. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! You’d be hard pushed to find someone who’s been to Japan and hasn’t been inspired in some way, but for artists working with textiles it has become something of a mecca. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!