Visual & Performing Arts

UKIYO-E: Edo’s Leading Media, Loved Worldwide

EDITORIALS

Tokyo , Nagano

Visual & Performing Arts

The Refined Kamigata Culture of Kansai

ITINERARIES

Shiga , Kyoto , Osaka , Wakayama

Castles & Historic Sites

Gardens & Nature

Craft Making & Workshops

Visual & Performing Arts

Homma Museum of Art

SPOTS

Yamagata

Gardens & Nature

Visual & Performing Arts

A traditional two-story Seienkaku villa with a tiled roof, surrounded by a lush Japanese garden.

Tokugawa Museum

SPOTS

Ibaraki

Visual & Performing Arts

Exterior of the modern Tokugawa Museum in Mito, featuring a sleek white building with large glass windows connected by a covered walkway, surrounded by a lush green lawn and trees.

Temples with Masterpieces by Ishikawa Uncho

SPOTS

Niigata

Visual & Performing Arts

Shrines & Temples

Intricate, colorful ceiling carving by Ishikawa Uncho in a temple interior, featuring dragons and elaborate cloud motifs above a richly carved altar.

Obuse: Hokusai’s Legacy

SPOTS

Nagano

Scenic Views & Townscapes

Visual & Performing Arts

Two ornate, large Japanese festival floats (dashi or yatai) with detailed carvings and painted roofs, displayed in a modern wooden museum room.

Japan Ukiyo-e Museum

SPOTS

Nagano

Visual & Performing Arts

A close-up of various ukiyo-e-style art objects, including framed prints of a snow scene and Mount Fuji, and traditional folding fans (uchiwa) featuring a crow, flowers, and sumo wrestlers.

The Tokugawa Art Museum

SPOTS

Aichi

Visual & Performing Arts

Close-up of a samurai helmet (kabuto) and face guard (menpo) armor, displayed in front of a banner with the Tokugawa family crest.

Arimatsu-Narumi Tie-Dyeing Museum

SPOTS

Aichi

Craft Making & Workshops

Visual & Performing Arts

The preserved Edo period townscape of Arimatsu, lined with traditional wooden buildings and black tiled roofs.

Minamiza Theatre

SPOTS

Kyoto

Castles & Historic Sites

Visual & Performing Arts

Todai-ji Daibutsuden (Great Buddha Hall)

SPOTS

Nara

Visual & Performing Arts

Shrines & Temples

The massive Daibutsuden hall of Todai-ji Temple under a bright blue sky, with a wide, open plaza in the foreground.

Kishu Toshogu Shrine

SPOTS

Wakayama

Visual & Performing Arts

Shrines & Temples

The approach to Kishu Toshogu Shrine, showing the richly colored, ornate temple building behind a red fence and stone lanterns.