Blog FUN INTERIOR MAKING What do you think this sphere is? EARTHQUAKE-RESISTANT LAMPS Here are well-combined works using Japan’s traditional and contemporary techniques. CREATIVE KOKESHI DOLLS How cute these dolls with bobbed hair are! MERCY-FILLED METAL CRAFTS Here are several pieces of gentle metalwork with playful minds. EASY KINTSUGI Shall we convert broken pottery into a work of art? ADVENTURE JOURNEY TO ANDROMEDA Has the 15-year-old hero been able to get a body of machine for free? THE BEAUTY OF CO-PRODUCTION How about wearing an artist-produced accessory and having a pleasant time? PORTRAYING THE MOMENTS This large painting seems to show the natural world where people live peacefully with animals and plants. SNAZZY OOSHIMA-TSUMUGI Why don’t you choose these traditional Japanese crafts, matching your elegant clothes? FUNNY BROOCHS These exhibits are not food! IMAGINED LANDSCAPE BY ENGRAVING What do you imagine when you look at these kanji characters? MASTER OF STONE BEATING What is expected to appear by beating a paved sidewalk or the ground? SNOW-CLAD NISHIOGI NISHIOGI has had more snow than had been forecast early in the New Year, although it’s not a region with heavy… NEW YEAR’S SACRED STRAW FESTOON Have you auspiciously welcomed the deity of the New Year, tora-doshi? NEW YEAR’S FIRST VISIT TO SHRINE What does a monkey show at the beginning of the New Year, tora-doshi mean? STYLE STARTS FROM THE FEET Why don’t you first choose footwear when you go out today? People often say that style begins from the shoe upwards. THE ESSENCE OF TESUKI- WASHI What do these hand-made Washi appeal to you? COLLABORATED NARRATION WITH TSUGARU-SHAMISEN Exclamations that an encouraged police detective gave a few times astonished the audience. ARTISTS’ LOTTERY What are artists’ lotteries? A unique display called lottery exhibition held in the art gallery in NISHIOGI. PARADISE FOR CHILDREN A recently opened toy shop with a lot of wooden toys and picture books located in the southwestern part of NISHIOGI. KEWAI EXHIBITION The solo exhibition called Kewai by a sumi-e painter, Ms. Watabe Yuka, held at the Japanese culture store near the north… IZAKAYA AREA IN NISHIOGI Yanagi- Koji and its adjoining streets including Sakae-dori, immediately near the south exit of NISHIOGIKUBO station,… OPTIMUM-SIZED PLATES Special wit-rich display called Seven-Five-Three Exhibition held at an online shopping store near the north exit of… TRANSFORMATION OF PURE SILK OBI High-end bags and pouches found at the Japanese culture store near the north exit of NISHIOGIKUBO station. HANIWA Haniwa or clay images found in residential gardens and an atelier in NISHIOGI. BIRTHPLACE OF JAPANESE ROCKET The miniature rocket embedded in the monument erected at the birthplace of the original rocket made in Japan facing the… WAKIZASHI The hanging scroll of wakizashi, or a short Japanese sword, put on the wall of the alcove in Ikkyoan in NISHIOGI. WASHABLE WASHI PLATE One of the Japanese traditional crafts Washi, or Japanese paper, is used to make various things. EXULTANT MIKOTO Special exhibition of new works of six young painters held in NISHIOGI. DRESSING FOR THE MIDDLE FURISODE Chuu-furisode or a formal kimono for a young unmarried woman with long flowing sleeves. 前12 (このページ)3次 Topics Seasons and Events (季節・催し) Japanese culture (日本文化) Shrines and Temples (神社・寺院) Park (公園) Food and Café (飲食) Trial experience (体験)