English and Japanese Art: Stunning Landscapes and Shin Hanga Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times John Constable and Ito Shinsui lived in vastly different societies and the time period between both is enormous. However, both artists provide an image of “the national spirit” within tranquility, beauty, nature, and a world which some people still yearn for. [...]
Tokyo Fashion News: Stylish Aoyama and Daikanyama Kanako Itamae and Sarah Deschamps Modern Tokyo Times Tokyo fashion is internationally famous and the fashion districts of Aoyama and Daikanyama highlight the vibrancy of this amazing city. Daikanyama is a magnet for people aged in their twenties and thirties. Likewise the prime Aoyama market is known to [...]
Tokyo Tourism and Stunning Gardens: Kiyosumi and Rikugien Sarah Deschamps and Kanako Itamae Modern Tokyo Times Tokyo is an enormous city which attracts Japanese tourists, international tourists and business people all year round. This ultra-modern city means many things to different people because for some it is all about modernity but to others they want to dig [...]
Shingon Buddhism and the World of Kukai in Timeless Koyasan Michel Lebon and Walter Sebastian Modern Tokyo Times Kukai is one of the most powerful individuals in Japanese history and religion. Today his legacy can be seen throughout Shingon Buddhism and this branch of Buddhism is still growing and developing in new countries. Kukai [...]
Tokyo Fashion News: Fashion Vibes of Ikebukuro Kanako Itamae and Michel Lebon Modern Tokyo Times Tokyo is one of the most famous cities in the world and the size of the economy is enormous. This powerful city is internationally famous for being ultra-modern and extremely fashionable. However, the old world still survives and this [...]
Tokyo Fashion and Lifestyle News: Otaku Culture, Fashion and Anime in Vibrant Tokyo Hiroshi Saito and Michel Lebon Modern Tokyo Times Tokyo lifestyle is an amazing experience for Tokyoites, tourists and expatriates. The wealth of choices and things to do are boundless in this mega-city. Another amazing feature is that unlike many famous international cities [...]
Tokyo Lifestyle and Fashion News: Trendy Daikanyama and Ebisu Kanako Itamae and Sarah Deschamps Modern Tokyo Times Daikanyama and Ebisu in Tokyo are notable for fashion and the lifestyle angle is richly appealing because despite being located in a notable part of this city, the refinement angle is a huge pulling power. Tokyo lifestyle in [...]
Smartphone internet revolution shaking up China Walter Sebastian and Hiroshi Saito Modern Tokyo Times The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will now have to amend aspects of its “Great Firewall of China” policy. This applies to the shifting balance from desktop computers to the usage of mobile phones to obtain information from the internet. It [...]
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi and Japanese art of ukiyo-e Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The artist Tsukioka Yoshitoshi literally lived in two worlds and this applies to not only the Edo Period and Meiji Period but also to a chaotic lifestyle. However, despite this, Yoshitoshi produced stunning art and he was extremely productive. Yoshitoshi was born [...]
Spain unnerves the stock market after 10-year bonds reach an alarming rate James Jomo and Olivier LeCourt Modern Tokyo Times The Prime Minister of Spain, Mariano Rajoy, faces more internal pressures because of the reality that many regional governments are alarmingly indebted. In the last few days Valencia asked for economic assistance from the central [...]
US and Turkey oil companies bypassing the central government of Iraq Joachim de Villiers and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Two oil giants from America have now followed Turkey by bypassing the central government of Iraq by signing deals with the Kurdistan regional government. Of course, the agreements could be purely economic rather than [...]
A Tale Of Two Cities – Edo / Osaka By toshidama It might be convenient to characterise the the two great cultural centres of nineteenth century Japan as being in some way in competition, but this would be too easy and not really accurate. Two schools existed, not only in the production of ukiyo prints but [...]
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