corsica-hawke: Nomizu cave, Chiba Japan

While Reylia Slaby would be technically classified as Caucasian, she was born and raised in Japan, and thus naturally, the foreign country is her home.

It’s been about 230 years since the last eruption killed half the population. But locals won't let the volcano dictate their future

Many people, whether visiting Japan or residing here, long to experience the traditional side of this fascinating culture. They want to walk the streets as the samurai once did.But whether due to time or other factors, the prospect of a trip to Kyoto may be difficult. Even a visit to Nikko - three hours from Tokyo - may be daunting. Well fortunately there i…

The Smiling Tattoos of the Ainu Women

The Ainu are an ancient nation, who lived in Russia and Japan and originated about 13,000 years before the Common Era. The women applied unusual...

I like when people push things, and put things together that are not usually together. Like things from different worlds, different cultures. In ways you might not expect. It’s not a culture clash. It’s a blend of the various cultures of our world. Like “Montauk Moroccan” as in this image from Currey and Company at … Continue reading "Culture Blend"

A rare albino dolphin living in a museum in Japan is the only captive member of its species with the genetic condition

It is rare that i just outright rip off another blog, but once in a blue moon it happens. Today is just such an azure terrestrial satellite. Over at FrancescoMugnai, he posted pics of all these gor…

My latest work for @voguejapan Beauty can be found in the February 2016 issue. Photo: #alexandrasophie @ @artsphereparis Models: @madi_stubbington & @meimeilapres Make up: Houda Remita Hair: @alessandrorebecchi Style: @irinamariebondarenko

Masaaki Sasamoto lives and works in Yamanashi Prefecture, on the island of Honshu, Japan. The artworks of Masaaki Sasamoto are exhibited at Art Prefectural Gallery of Yamanashi Museum.

Best things to do in Tokyo for first-time visitors and returning Japan fans. Find out about popular and unusual things to do in Tokyo, plus cute cafes.

19th century portrait of an unknown man, by an unknown photographer, Japan

Here are the best costumes worn by Daenerys Targaryen on Game of Thrones.

This Takayama guide will give you info on the best things to do in Takayama, the top day trips to book, as well as where to stay during your visit.

Model Willow Hand is styled as 'The Glorious Geek' by Celia Azoulay in Emma Tempest images for Vogue Japan April 2016./ Hair by Karin Bigler; makeup by Maxine Leonard

Designer/comedian Naomi Watanabe is changing the perception of plus-size women in Japan.

Wer vorsichtig die Modetrends für diesen Sommer verfolgt, muss doch gemerkt haben, dass viele Japanmotive bei den neusten Outfits verwendet werden. Sie sind

'I want to show diversity of the world we are all living in.'

Better know how to grow some rice with this land.

Explore Trevor Dobson's 16166 photos on Flickr!

This is one of my favourite photos of a Geiko (Geisha) sometime around the 1930s.

One of the great Japanese woodblock artists, Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) was especially noted for his exquisitely detailed, evocative prints of landscapes around the world. His work is beautiful, subtle and often atmospheric, displaying a real mastery of his technique, which allowed him to capture the subtleties of light and form. Yoshida often reused the same woodblocks, varying the colours and saturation to suggest alternate moods of the same scene – a different time of day, or even different weather conditions. Initially trained as a painter (of some renown), Yoshida began working with woodblocks in the early 1920s, and after a meeting with the owner of the Watanabe Print Store in Tokyo he had his first series of prints published. The woodblock technique is notoriously time-consuming and difficult, but Yoshida seemed able to capture the most delicate graduations of colour and the tiniest details in a temple façade or mountain face. Yoshida was a keen traveller and visited numerous countries from the early 1900s onwards - his cosmopolitan attitude is reflected in the landscapes and studies he created in countries like India and America. The traditional Japanese techniques in his work applied to a changing foreign world at the beginning of the 20th Century make for some fascinating, unexpected images, which sit comfortably alongside his more elegiac landscapes. Whilst the world has changed almost immeasurably in the 50 or so years since Yoshida died, when viewed today, well-kept examples of his woodblocks still have a real vibrancy and warmth to them. Yoshida died in 1950 but his two sons Toshi and Hodaka both became respected woodblock artists in their own right, carrying on the family tradtion. In fact, since the mid-1800s the same Yoshida family - Hiroshi's forebears - has produced eight artists of serious renown – a veritable woodblock dynasty. Boat in dry dock, Kinoe Grand Canyon (Bright Variant), 1925 The Cherry Tree In Kawagoe, 1935 Obatan Parrot II, 1926 Yarigate, date unknown Yomei Gate, 1937 Taj Mahal, 1931 Taj Mahal, Night, 1931 Snake Charmers, 1932 Sketch of a Tiger, 1926 Kinkaku, 1933 Kameido Bridge, 1927 Iris Garden In Horikiri, 1928 Obatan Parrot, 1926 Icho In Autumn, 1926 Udaipur 1931 Early Morning, Fujiyama, 1928 Elephant, 1931 Eboshidake, 1926 Cryptomeria Avenue, 1937 Climbing Snow Valley, 1926 Cave Temple In Ellora, 1932 Breithorn, date unknown Avenue Of Cherry Trees, 1935 Konoshima, 1935 All images © Estate of Hiroshi Yoshida

The timing of his abdication, the first in more than two centuries, has spurred debate in Japan.

There is a marvelous art exhibition you absolutely wouldn't want to miss! If you love beautiful, intricate, and delicate new-contemporary artworks, you would definitely fall in love with everything you see in this group exhibition.