The exhibition selected from the permanent collection is now on view from Feb.8 to Mar. 6. It includes Japanese paintings and woodblock...

Ameharashi Coast

I visited Boso-no-Mura (房総のむら) on Jan. 29, where you can learn and experience Chiba's traditional lifestyle and skills. It was the day...

Continued from the blog II One of the main characters of Ukiyo-e is that the scenes of everyday life were adopted as subjects, which...

Continued from the blog I SUZUKI Harunobu (1725?～1770), "Woman Admiring Plum Blossoms at Night", woodblock print in 1766 Harunobu...

The special exhibition displays how ukiyo-e influenced Japonisme overseas and the woodblock/woodcut/Etching/Lithograph prints depicted by...

The exhibition selected from the permanent collection is now on view from Jan. 4 to Feb. 6. It includes Japanese paintings and woodblock...

The exhibition selected from the permanent collection is now on view from Dec. 7 to Dec. 26 . It includes Japanese paintings and...

My friends and I visited a place where a master at making 'soba-buckwheat noodle' will teach how to make soba on a sunny December...

What do you say marks an autumn? Viewing autumn leaves, abundance of fruits, shorter days, or newly harvested rice? For me, it is the...

The exhibition selected from the permanent collection is now on view from Nov. 2 to Dec.5. It includes Japanese paintings and woodblock...

The Gokaicho(御開帳) is now held during October 17 and November 18. You can meet a principal image, the eleven-faced kannon (十一面観音 ). I...

The shrine is located across the Prefectural Route 257 (Boso Flower Line) from Funakoshi Natagiri Shrine. In the precinct(境内) you can see...

I went to Funakoshi Natagiri Shrine on October 23. I happened to know this shrine in Tateyama on TV program 'Bura Tamori' that was aired...

The exhibition selected from the permanent collection is now on view from Oct. 5 to Oct. 31. It includes Japanese paintings and woodblock...

Shiso is one of the most noted herbs in Japan. When I look at shiso plants scattering all over my garden in the beginning of autumn, I...

You'll get to this museum after going through the woods. I visited the Museum on Sept. 16 for the first time after the renovation. When I...

How about visiting a Sake brewery and learn the process of Sake brewing? There's a Sake brewery which has more than 300years of history...

The exhibition selected from the permanent collection is now on view from Sept. 7 to Oct. 3. It includes Japanese paintings and woodblock...

The Paralympics will be over this evening. I had been suspicious for the success of the Olympic & Paralympic Games until the opening...