“The past is never dead,” William Faulkner famously wrote. “It’s not even past.” Faulkner wasn’t writing about Tokyo when he crafted those lines, but he easily could have been. Although it is ...

"The past is never dead," William Faulkner famously wrote. "It's not even past." Faulkner wasn't writing about Tokyo when he crafted those lines, but he easily could have been. Although it is ...

Hanako begins by tracing how Edo's merchant class expressed their wealth through subtle elegance in their fashion. At the Ichikura Kimono School, a kimono expert introduces the subtleties of dressing, ...

Representing the biggest modern makeover in the long history of the modern pentathlon, equestrian is to be dropped from the five-discipline Olympic event, with bicycles likely to replace horses to ...

As far back as the beginning of the Meiji period, there was a movement demanding the establishment of a museum to permanently display contemporary art. Although the petition was taken up several times ...

This new English-language art conversation at the museum lets you engage in cultural exchange while learning more about Japanese modern art When you look at a painting of cherry blossoms, do you think ...