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One of the Meiji Period’s most prolific artists painted more cats than you might have expected.
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The obvious answer would seem to be “No,” but our Japanese-language reporter has a unique alternate perspective.
We’ve seen how Chinese beauty has changed over the past 100 years, but what about the landscape itself?
The Osaka area’s Kansai Electric Power Company, also known as KEPCO, has recently released a new commercial that’s a nostalgia-inducing picture-walk through the last 65 years of life in Japan.
The Japanese noodle restaurant chain Marugame Seimen, which specializes in udon (thick wheat noodles), has started a social media marketing campaign targeted at high school-age girls, JK Udon Kawaii (“High School Girls Udon Cute”).
If you’ve ever wanted to be a kabuki actor, now you can train like a professional thanks to Kabuki Taro!
Internet users offer counterpoints that suggest disgruntled high school student may, in fact, not know everything.
Ever get the feeling that Japanese cinema isn’t as good as it used to be? You’re not alone.
You’re probably familiar with bonsai, but what exactly is its other traditional art form cousin, bonseki?
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Japanese commenters aren’t so impressed with modern cityscapes, but are they just being nitpicky?
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