Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture has a gold mine. They started digging in 17th Century and continued until 1989. The production of the gold in Sado was the largest in the world during 17th Century. According to Wikipedia, the gold mine in Sado produced as much as 400 kg of ...
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Visiting Unique Architecture of Itchiku Kubota Art MuseumVisiting Unique Architecture of Itchiku Kubota Art Museum
Itchiku Kubota Art Museum, located near Kawaguchi-ko Lake in Yamanashi, is an off-the-beaten-path architecture. Kubota was an textile artist who revived the old silk dyeing. And this museum was dedicated to exhibit his craftwork. The silk he dyed is of course beautiful but what I like most is the architecture ...
Le Corbusier and the Age of PurismLe Corbusier and the Age of Purism
EOAs of 25 March, 2019, there are still 8 more weeks to go until the exhibition of Le Corbusier at the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo will finish. This is the exhibition to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the museum which was designed by the world renown architect, ...
Slipping into an Alley of Good Old DaysSlipping into an Alley of Good Old Days
The atmosphere of good old days in Japan is, in my opinion, best reflected in alleys. Even today, if you go into the narrow streets, you can find something inherited from good old days. Wondering around the alleys is one of the fun things to do for example in Yanesen ...
International Arts in Japan – What’s New?International Arts in Japan – What’s New?
In Tokyo, museums and galleries often hold exhibitions of international arts. For example, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in Ueno now exhibits paintings of Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita. He was a Japanese-French painter of École de Paris. The poster of this exhibition used one of his famous paintings, “Cafe” which now belongs ...
Toyo Bunko Library – One-Million Oriental Books and Ukiyo-e PaintingsToyo Bunko Library – One-Million Oriental Books and Ukiyo-e Paintings
If you visit Rikugien Garden or Koishikawa Botanical Gardens, walk a little bit more and you will find a unique museum of Toyo Bunko Library. It was built in 1924 by Mitsubishi clan as a library for the oriental studies. Today, they have about one million books of Asian countries and ...
Finding Modern Architecture in YamanashiFinding Modern Architecture in Yamanashi
Yamanashi Prefecture is famous for the feudal lord Shingen Takeda and there are many temples and shrines from the medieval era. But in late 19th and early 20th century, the Governor of that time, Shiro Fujimura introduced modern architecture. ...
Exploring and Studying Archaeological SiteExploring and Studying Archaeological Site
There are many archaeological sites throughout Japan and museums have a large collection of findings from the remains. Some of them are easy access from Tokyo and one of such historical sites is Shakado Archaeological Site in Yamanashi prefecture. ...