Tag: Japan
Japan’s Crown Princess set to take a new role as the...
A new era is about to dawn in Japan. Suffering from ill health, the elderly Emperor Akihito will abdicate the Chrysanthemum Throne in favour...
Japan and ‘Kintsugi’: an art form threading not just through pottery,...
The craftsman washes the clay from his hands. He boils some water for tea, and reaching for a teacup knocks it off the shelf....
Review: Ninagawa Macbeth
Shakespeare’s celebrated play of ambition, the supernatural, and a mad tyrant, iconically set in the scenic highlands of Scotland during the Middle Ages, is...
The Truth Behind the Travel Insta
Last June I filled my suitcase with a summer’s worth of denim shorts and sun-cream, bid a heartfelt farewell to my savings and hopped...
Tokyo care home attack: a hate crime against the disabled
Content warning: Murder, suicide.
On Tuesday 26 July, Satoshi Uematsu walked into the west Tokyo care home where he used to work and stabbed 19...
EP Review: Exitpost – Nami
Self-described as “Tokyo-born, NYC stuck”, electronic artist Ken Herman, or Exitpost, gets an Exeposé look-in as a friend of trendy, Exeter-based, electronic pals Delmer...
Victory in Japan – seventy years on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki’s efforts to mark the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the cities had a noticeable sense of calm.
Bells marked the 70th anniversaries...
Games You May Never Have Heard Of: 9.03m
The beautiful, arty landscapes of The Vanishing of Ethan Carter aren't going anywhere in Rebecca's Games You May Never Have Heard Of. This time is...
Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden
Regular reviewer Chloe Glassonbury introduces us to Arthur Golden's unusual historical novel...
Japan’s geisha are part of a centuries old practice with rich cultural traditions....
