Japanese cuisine

Chinese food—like ramen and gyōza, as well as foods like spaghetti, curry, and hamburgers have become adopted with variants for Japanese tastes and ingredients. Traditionally, the Japanese shunned meat due…

Japanese art

NAOKO TOSA Art Exhibition at Whitestone Gallery in HQueens HK

…by Japanese artist Naoko Tosa. As a pioneering media artist, Tosa is internationally renowned for her use of cutting-edge technology to produce works that channel traditional Japanese culture. Curated by…

Japanese mobile phone

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Earthenware Tea Pot, Japanese

Earthenware tea pot, Japanese, 18th or 19th century

Ganguro

Ganguro (ガングロ) is an alternative fashion trend among young Japanese women that started in the mid-1990s, distinguished by a dark tan and contrasting make-up liberally applied by fashionistas. The Shibuya…

Frieze, Japanese Passion Flower, ca. 1880

…pebbled figure. Blue, tans and red-violet on embossed paper. Frieze, Japanese Passion Flower, ca. 1880; possibly England; block-printed on embossed paper; 68.5 x 57.5 cm (26 15/16 x 22 5/8…

George Washington in Japanese Costume

Credit: Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883Culture: JapaneseAccession Number: 83.2.140Learn more on The Met’s website…

Scroll illustrating the parts of different types of Japanese armor

Credit: Rogers Fund, 1923Culture: JapaneseAccession Number: 23.215Learn more on The Met’s website…

Textile, Stainless Steel Gloss, 1990

…and Junichi Arai were the co-founders in 1984 of the Japanese company and store, NUNO, which produces textiles of extraordinary ingenuity and beauty. Sudo and the other designers at NUNO…