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Nice Weather | "Riverside Mukolitta"
On Riverside Mukolitta , dir. Naoko Ogigami. Japan. 2021. The term “shokakko (小確幸)”, an abbreviation for “small, real happiness”, was...
Nov 22, 2021


Sons of the War | "Gift of Fire"
In 2015, some notes and other research materials from Kyoto Imperial University from the 1940s were unearthed. They revealed that Japan...
Aug 18, 2021

Exhibition: 郊游/野遊び/An Outing
10月21日(木)10am-6pm BUSINESS ONLY 10月22日(金) 10am-5pm BUSINESS ONLY **NIGHT MARKET 10月22日(金) 5pm-8pm FOR EVERYBODY 10月23日(土) 10am-5pm FOR...
Aug 17, 2021

In search of light | Nippon Connection: "Shiver", "On-Gaku: Our Sound"
Nippon Connection Shiver (2021, Toshiaki Toyoda) On-Gaku: Our Sound (2019, Kenji Iwaisawa) While many of the feature films display a...
Jun 20, 2021


ART as in Aesthetically Rendered Technology©? | Exhibition "rhizomatiks_multiplex"
The R&D company Rhizomatiks is currently having its first solo show at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, a public art institution....
May 10, 2021


Multiculturalist Feminism | Exhibition "Another Energy"
On the wall by the entrance to Mori Art Museum’s new exhibition, the title Another Energy: Power to Continue Challenging —16 Women...
May 6, 2021


The Lone Wolf Conundrum | "Under the Open Sky"
On Under the Open Sky & Interview with Dir. Miwa Nishikawa Under the Open Sky , whether intentionally or not, makes references to a wide...
Feb 15, 2021

It’s about time… | Exhibition “Time Flows: Reflections by 5 Artists”
“Time Flows: Reflections by 5 Artists” @Hara Museum | September 19, 2020 – January 11, 2021 Group exhibition with works by Tomoki Imai,...
Oct 12, 2020


The Image It Bears | “Ainu Mosir”
Ainu Mosir Japan/USA/China, 2020, 84 minutes. Directed and written by Takeshi Fukunaga. The last few years have witnessed the springing...
Oct 11, 2020


Her Indeterministic Cosmos | "Tomoko Konoike FLIP"
Tomoko Konoike: Flip @ Artizon Museum, Tokyo Original dates: April 18-June 21 2020 New dates: June 23-October 25 Konoike is an artist of...
Jul 22, 2020


Why is not the right question | Book "Spirited Away"
In this compact study, author Andrew Osmond conducts a detailed textual analysis of one of Miyazaki’s most remarkable animation works,...
Jul 19, 2020


The Japan Cinema ANT | "The Japanese Cinema Book"
Part 1 of the Japanese Cinema Book focuses on the theories and approaches of Japanese film studies in both Japan and Anglo-Saxon...
Jul 17, 2020
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