Two genres, kabuki actor prints (yakusha-e) and the beauty prints (bijinga) of Yoshiwara, dominated ukiyo-e visual culture throughout the Edo Period in Japan. Landscape prints (f$… Read More

Tokyo, a city teeming with rich cultural heritage, is home to a myriad of historical Shinto shrines that have stood the test of time. These sacred sites not only hold deep spiritual signific… Read More

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Kameido Tenjin’s wisteria on a beautiful eveningTokyo in Pics Home Kameido Tenjin’s 2023 Wisteria festival was amazing. The flowers were beautiful in the evening. Up until this y… Read More

A Plum Blossom Festival (Ume Matsuri) will be held at Kameido Tenjin Shrine!Kameido Tenjin enshrines Sugawara no Michizane, the Shinto deity of scholarship.  The shrine is believed de… Read More

The wisterias have started blooming at Kameido Tenjin Shrine, one of the most notable wisteria viewing sites in Tokyo! Many students visit Kameido Tenjin Shrine to receive blessings for ac… Read More

I posted about Kameido wisteria blossoms just yesterday and following up with the same location albeit with a difference. Yesterday I posted about the blue sky and the lavender like color co… Read More

Dal latino Glycine che deriva dal greco γλυκύς cioè “dolce”, per la gustosità dei tuberi della pianta o anche per la dolcezza… Read More

* BTW, no Kimono May Week One due to Golden Week Holidays2019-4-30 (Tue) @ Shitamachi Flowers (Nezu Shrine & Kameido Tenjin shrine)1st stop: Nezu Shrine 根津神社:… Read More

 1800-49, Recollint Petxines, Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts 1804, Any Nou al Ogiya Seiro, The MET, New York 1805, Dona mirant-se en un mirall, MFA Boston 1814, Tako to a… Read More

Ume or the Plum blossoms are everywhere now in Tokyo in the first week of March. The Kiba Park in Koto Ward (if you stay around Koto Ward, Edogawa Ward quite easy to reach here) is a pretty… Read More