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You have to see it to believe it, during the Tachi Neputa Festival (August 4 to 8) floats measuring up to 70 feet tall (20 meters, a few stories high) and weighing more than seventeen tons are paraded through the streets of the city of Goshogawara in the Tsugaru region.

Ideas that got their start in the wildness of Rural France have landed in Tokyo thanks to the Seed and Grow exhibit by Fabrice Hyber. Calling it an exhibit is a bit reductive has it combines watercolors describing nature in action as well as real plants and weeds so visitors can smell nature as well as touch it.

It is not a new phenomenon yet for some reason Karoshi (or death from overwork in Japan) has been in the US media spotlight lately. Brian Lehrer (WNYC) invited Daniel Rosenblum of the Japan Society (on July 23) to discuss the issue and the Japanese work ethic in Working to Death.

After reading The Maker of Balloons (Water Balloons that is) on PingMag, I wanted to learn more about this Japanese Summer tradition. By some twist of fate, I landed instead on Tokyo Mango, one of the voices of Lisa Katayama. She recently published Urawaza (Chronicle Books)... read more

After reading The Maker of Balloons (Water Balloons that is) on PingMag, I wanted to learn more about this Japanese Summer tradition. By some twist of fate, I landed instead on Tokyo Mango, one of the voices of Lisa Katayama.

Tired of the same old film talent, want fresh cuts instead of stale ones, the Japan Society brings new celluloid heroes to New York with Japan Cuts. From July 2 to July 13, Japan Cuts presents 18 feature films getting their U.S and/or NY premiere plus a sidebar tribute to late filmmaker Kon Ichikawa.

You can see many adults with crossword puzzles but how many do you catch with a coloring book. Maybe it is just due to the fact that not many are created and I don't mean the kinky type. Our friends at PingMag (Tokyo) give us a detailed overview of what Japan offers in Colouring Books with Adults in Mind (by Ryoko).

Designed to showcase the work of video artists and photographers who came of age after the 1990 Asian crisis, Heavy Light features some 80 works by the 13 participating artists: Makoto Aida, Naoya Hatakeyama, Naoki Kajitani, Hiroh Kikai, Midori Komatsubara, Yukio Nakagawa, Asako Narahashi, Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Tomoko Sawada, Risaku Suzuki, Miwa Yanagi, Kenji Yanobe, and Masayuki Yoshinaga.

While looking for details on the Rough Guide to Tokyo (my illustration), I noticed a companion title, The Japanese Phrasebook.As interesting or maybe more useful than the book itself for your survival kit are the Free Audio Downloads which will train your ears on issues such... read more

While looking for details on the Rough Guide to Tokyo (my illustration), I noticed a companion title, The Japanese Phrasebook. As interesting or maybe more useful than the book itself for your survival kit are the Free Audio Downloads which will train your ears on issues such as Accommodation, Banks, Emergencies and much more.