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Kabuki Prints Soon to be Displayed at the British Museum
Kabuki, the traditional Japanese epic form of theatre which enjoyed its heyday from the 1600s to 1800s, is centred on male plays.
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The Los Angeles Film Museum Chooses Studio Ghibli for its Debut
For its inauguration, The Academy Museum of Motion Picture plans to showcase the work of Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki in a huge retrospective.
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David Favrod Explores Dual Identity Through Japan and Switzerland
In a tireless quest for identity, the Swiss-Japanese photographer David Favrod portrays his Japanese and Swiss roots in stories of photographic fictions.
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Paris, Tokyo: André Saraiva
In this episode, the world-renowned graffiti artist André Saraiva tells us about the strong links between his artwork and the city of Tokyo.
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The Vision of Toshiyuki Inoko, a Founder of teamLab
What exactly is teamLab, known as an art collective? To find out, we interviewed its founder and chief representative, Toshiyuki Inoko.
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From the Shadows to the Light
Disparaged and ridiculed for most of the 20thcentury, Japanese whisky has captured the palates of whisky lovers worldwide over the last decade.
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The Queen of Hokkaido

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NEON GLOW

The neon sign master Hidenobu Takahashi became enchanted with neon signs in New York and is now the man who crafts many of Tokyo’s glowing message boards.
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NEON GLOW

The neon sign master Hidenobu Takahashi became enchanted with neon signs in New York and is now the man who crafts many of Tokyo’s glowing message boards.
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Paris, Tokyo: Ryuji Teshima

In this new episode of Paris, Tokyo, meet Michelin-starred chef Ryuji Teshima, also known as Teshi. His restaurant, 'Pages', opened in Paris in 2014.
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Paris, Tokyo: Emmanuelle Moureaux

In this new episode of Paris, Tokyo, we meet Emmanuelle Moureaux. This French architect and designer has been living and working in Tokyo for twenty years.

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Paris, Tokyo: Dominique Bouchet

In this episode of ‘Paris, Tokyo’, celebrated chef Dominique Bouchet talks about the love for Japan that he has harboured for several decades now.

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A Sailing Tradition

For several centuries, Anori Puppet Play has been performed at Anori Shrine, which stands on Cape Anori within Shima City, Mie Prefecture.

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CULTURE

Paris, Tokyo: Gildas and Masaya – MAISON KITSUNÉ

Gildas Loaëc and Masaya Kuroki invite us inside Maison Kitsuné, a fashion / music / coffee house, marrying Japanese precision with Parisian exuberance.
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Paris, Kyoto: Kohei Nawa

The Japanese sculptor Kohei Nawa talks us about his monumental work Throne currently displayed under the Pyramid of the Musée du Louvre in Paris.
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TRAVEL

The Portrait of an Island: BULL SUMO

Among the Amami Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture is an island with a long history of bullfighting that’s expected to become a world heritage site.
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Paris, Tokyo: Robert Compagnon

With his co-chef and talented wife, Jessica Yang, Robert Compagnon opened one of the top new restaurants in Paris: Le Rigmarole.
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CULTURE

Deco Tora: Techno on the Road

Deco-Tora is a genre of custom trucks, which has been a popular sub-culture in Japan since the 1960s, among workers in the delivery service industry.

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