Tokyo
Travel, ArtDan BeauchampJapan, World Expo, museum, teamLab, teamLab Planets, Osaka, Tokyo, Fukui, Okinawa, dinosaurs, Hokkaido, Sapporo, Hakodate, Miyagi, Sendai, Fukushima, Aomori, Hirosaki, Iwate, Morioka, Yamagata, Yonezawa, Akita, Harajuku, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Ibaraki, Mito, Gunma, Tochigi, Ishikawa, Kanazawa, Toyama, Nagoya, Aichi, Chubu, Hokuriku, Toyota, Shizuoka, Niigata, Gifu, Yamanashi, Kobe, Hyogo, Kyoto, Mie, Shiga, Nara, Wakayama, Himeji, Chugoku, Shikoku, Hiroshima, Okayama, Ehime, Yamaguchi, Kagawa, Tokushima, Kochi, Shimane, Tottori, Matsuyama, Matsue, Kyushu, Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Oita, Miyazaki, Saga, Naha, 2025Comment

Japan in 2025: New and Upcoming Attractions

2025 is the year of Osaka.

Travel, ArtDan BeauchampJapan, World Expo, museum, teamLab, teamLab Planets, Osaka, Tokyo, Fukui, Okinawa, dinosaurs, Hokkaido, Sapporo, Hakodate, Miyagi, Sendai, Fukushima, Aomori, Hirosaki, Iwate, Morioka, Yamagata, Yonezawa, Akita, Harajuku, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Ibaraki, Mito, Gunma, Tochigi, Ishikawa, Kanazawa, Toyama, Nagoya, Aichi, Chubu, Hokuriku, Toyota, Shizuoka, Niigata, Gifu, Yamanashi, Kobe, Hyogo, Kyoto, Mie, Shiga, Nara, Wakayama, Himeji, Chugoku, Shikoku, Hiroshima, Okayama, Ehime, Yamaguchi, Kagawa, Tokushima, Kochi, Shimane, Tottori, Matsuyama, Matsue, Kyushu, Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Oita, Miyazaki, Saga, Naha, 2025Comment
Japan in 2025: New and Upcoming Attractions
TravelDan BeauchampFukui, Dinosaur, Dinosaurs, Pokemon, Suchomimus, Tourism, Japan, Animatronic, Niger, Africa, Tokyo, Hokuriku, Hokuriku Shinkansen, Dragonite, Fukui Reporter, Nintendo, Crocodile, Dragon, Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur MuseumComment

Welcome Suchomimus: Fukui Station’s Dinosaur Makeover is Complete

The dinosaur is Fukui Station’s fifth and final animatronic.

TravelDan BeauchampFukui, Dinosaur, Dinosaurs, Pokemon, Suchomimus, Tourism, Japan, Animatronic, Niger, Africa, Tokyo, Hokuriku, Hokuriku Shinkansen, Dragonite, Fukui Reporter, Nintendo, Crocodile, Dragon, Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur MuseumComment
Welcome Suchomimus: Fukui Station’s Dinosaur Makeover is Complete
ArtDan BeauchampUeshima, Tokyo, Shibuya, First Look, Art, Contemporary Art, Louise Bourgeois, Olafur Eliasson, Tracey Emin, Dan Flavin, Katharina Grosse, Ryoji Ikeda, Takashi Murakami, Kohei Nawa, Gerhard Richter, Hiroshi Sugimoto, teamLab, Makiko Kudo, Hirosaki, Aomori, Tohoku, Aki Kondo, Virgil AblohComment

First Look: Ueshima Museum

Kankuro Ueshima shares his impressive collection of contemporary art.

ArtDan BeauchampUeshima, Tokyo, Shibuya, First Look, Art, Contemporary Art, Louise Bourgeois, Olafur Eliasson, Tracey Emin, Dan Flavin, Katharina Grosse, Ryoji Ikeda, Takashi Murakami, Kohei Nawa, Gerhard Richter, Hiroshi Sugimoto, teamLab, Makiko Kudo, Hirosaki, Aomori, Tohoku, Aki Kondo, Virgil AblohComment
First Look: Ueshima Museum
Art, TravelDan BeauchampJapan, Money, Currency, Bank of Japan, Cash, Capitalism, Eiichi Shibusawa, Umeko Tsuda, Tokyo, Tokyo Station, France, Germany, United States, Cherry Blossoms, Shibasaburo Kitasato, Hokusai, Katsushika Hokusai, Great Wave, Ukiyo-e, Japanese Art, Edo Period, Meiji Period, Bank, English, wisteria, Nobel Prize, Emil von Behring, Fumio Kishida, Bacteria, Racism, Nationalism, Education, Philanthropy, News, Kanagawa, Berlin, AmsterdamComment

First Look: Japan’s New Banknotes

Who are the faces on the nation’s 2024 banknote series?

Art, TravelDan BeauchampJapan, Money, Currency, Bank of Japan, Cash, Capitalism, Eiichi Shibusawa, Umeko Tsuda, Tokyo, Tokyo Station, France, Germany, United States, Cherry Blossoms, Shibasaburo Kitasato, Hokusai, Katsushika Hokusai, Great Wave, Ukiyo-e, Japanese Art, Edo Period, Meiji Period, Bank, English, wisteria, Nobel Prize, Emil von Behring, Fumio Kishida, Bacteria, Racism, Nationalism, Education, Philanthropy, News, Kanagawa, Berlin, AmsterdamComment
First Look: Japan’s New Banknotes
TravelDan BeauchampJapan, Yen, Travel, JET, Kyoto, Tokyo, Nagoya, Fukui, Matsumoto, Himeji, Himeji Castle, Social Media, Tourism, Overtourism, Mount Fuji, UNESCO, Singapore, COVID-19, COVID, Coronavirus, Osaka, Aichi, Okinawa, Anime, Fukui Reporter1 Comment

The Future of Tourism in Japan

A weak yen is changing Japanese society, prompting pushback and new ideas.

TravelDan BeauchampJapan, Yen, Travel, JET, Kyoto, Tokyo, Nagoya, Fukui, Matsumoto, Himeji, Himeji Castle, Social Media, Tourism, Overtourism, Mount Fuji, UNESCO, Singapore, COVID-19, COVID, Coronavirus, Osaka, Aichi, Okinawa, Anime, Fukui Reporter1 Comment
The Future of Tourism in Japan
Travel, ArtDan BeauchampFuji, Mount Fuji, Fujisan, Fujiyama, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Shizuoka, Japan, Travel, Japanese Art, Ukiyo-e, Woodblock, Pilgrimage, Edo, Tokyo, Kyoto, Hokusai, Hiroshige, Kusama, Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara, Yayoi Kusama, Takashi Murakami, Koji Kinutani, Kinutani, Prince Shotoku, Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, David Hockney, Hockney, World Heritage, UNESCO, KAWS, Nationalism, Nature, Mountain, Cherry Blossoms, Sakura, Peace2 Comments

A Visual History of Mount Fuji

Exploring the symbolism of Japan’s most famous mountain.

Travel, ArtDan BeauchampFuji, Mount Fuji, Fujisan, Fujiyama, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Shizuoka, Japan, Travel, Japanese Art, Ukiyo-e, Woodblock, Pilgrimage, Edo, Tokyo, Kyoto, Hokusai, Hiroshige, Kusama, Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara, Yayoi Kusama, Takashi Murakami, Koji Kinutani, Kinutani, Prince Shotoku, Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, David Hockney, Hockney, World Heritage, UNESCO, KAWS, Nationalism, Nature, Mountain, Cherry Blossoms, Sakura, Peace2 Comments
A Visual History of Mount Fuji
ArtDan BeauchampHiroshi Nagai, Nagai, Painting, Albums, Music, Japan, Japanese Art, Exhibition, Tokyo, Tokushima, Summer, City Pop, Vaporwave, Economy, 80s, Showa, Collage, Nostalgia, Dan in Japan, The Journey Begins, A Long Vacation, Guam, Hawaii, Los Angeles, Great RecessionComment

Artist Hiroshi Nagai, Painter of ‘80s Paradise

The Japanese illustrator is enjoying a resurgence amid retro nostalgia.

ArtDan BeauchampHiroshi Nagai, Nagai, Painting, Albums, Music, Japan, Japanese Art, Exhibition, Tokyo, Tokushima, Summer, City Pop, Vaporwave, Economy, 80s, Showa, Collage, Nostalgia, Dan in Japan, The Journey Begins, A Long Vacation, Guam, Hawaii, Los Angeles, Great RecessionComment
Artist Hiroshi Nagai, Painter of ‘80s Paradise
Art, TravelDan BeauchampTokyo, teamLab, Art Installation, Digital Art, Experience, Azabudai Hills, Minato City, Borderless, TeamLab Borderless, Museum, News, Art News, First Look, Japan, Japanese Art, Multimedia Art, Instagram, Installation, Installation Art, teamLab PlanetsComment

First Look: TeamLab Borderless Azabudai Hills

The world’s most popular single-artist museum returns.

Art, TravelDan BeauchampTokyo, teamLab, Art Installation, Digital Art, Experience, Azabudai Hills, Minato City, Borderless, TeamLab Borderless, Museum, News, Art News, First Look, Japan, Japanese Art, Multimedia Art, Instagram, Installation, Installation Art, teamLab PlanetsComment
First Look: TeamLab Borderless Azabudai Hills
ArtDan BeauchampMona Lisa, Leonardo Da Vinci, Leonardo, Da Vinci, Paris, COVID-19, COVID, France, Labor, Tokyo, Glass Onion, Film, Louvre, Painting, Portrait, Portraiture, Meme, Jeff Bezos, Jeff Koons, Marcel Duchamp, Duchamp, Beyoncé, Beyonce, Consumerism, Social Media, Florence, BanksyComment

Mona Lisa in the 21st Century

Should we still care about the world’s most famous painting?

ArtDan BeauchampMona Lisa, Leonardo Da Vinci, Leonardo, Da Vinci, Paris, COVID-19, COVID, France, Labor, Tokyo, Glass Onion, Film, Louvre, Painting, Portrait, Portraiture, Meme, Jeff Bezos, Jeff Koons, Marcel Duchamp, Duchamp, Beyoncé, Beyonce, Consumerism, Social Media, Florence, BanksyComment
Mona Lisa in the 21st Century
ArtDan BeauchampKusama, Yayoi Kusama, Tokyo, Osaka, Art, Contemporary Art, Fashion, Louis Vuitton, Nudity, Performance Art, War, Sex, Gender, Violence, Self-Obliteration, Venice, Venice Biennale, New York, New York City, Painting, DotsComment

The Self-Obliteration of Yayoi Kusama

With Louis Vuitton, the world’s most popular artist paints the finishing touches on her legacy.

ArtDan BeauchampKusama, Yayoi Kusama, Tokyo, Osaka, Art, Contemporary Art, Fashion, Louis Vuitton, Nudity, Performance Art, War, Sex, Gender, Violence, Self-Obliteration, Venice, Venice Biennale, New York, New York City, Painting, DotsComment
The Self-Obliteration of Yayoi Kusama
Travel, ArtDan BeauchampKyoto, Japan, Travel, Cuisine, Art, Food, World War II, World War 2, Yasaka, Gion, Shrine, Shrines, Temple, Temples, Shinto, Buddhism, Tokyo, UNESCO, Tea, teamLab, Nintendo, Mario, Museum, OvertourismComment

Travel Guide: Kyoto

Kyoto is a historic city of refined culture and beauty.

Travel, ArtDan BeauchampKyoto, Japan, Travel, Cuisine, Art, Food, World War II, World War 2, Yasaka, Gion, Shrine, Shrines, Temple, Temples, Shinto, Buddhism, Tokyo, UNESCO, Tea, teamLab, Nintendo, Mario, Museum, OvertourismComment
Travel Guide: Kyoto
Travel, ArtDan BeauchampAzabudai Hills, Japan, Tokyo, Minato City, Mori, Yoshitomo Nara, teamLab, Borderless, Tokyo Tower, Heatherwick Studio, Pelli Clarke, Pace, Roppongi, Vessel, New York City, New York, Fuji, Cherry Blossoms, Sakura, Shueisha, Manga, Hudson Yards, Olafur Eliasson, Wang Zhan, Kyoto, Fukuoka, Gentrification, Financialization, Venture Capital, Shopping, Christmas, Architecture, Art, Japanese Art, Public Art, Contemporary Art, Performance Art, Food, Tourism, Economy, News, Art NewsComment

First Look: Azabudai Hills

Japan’s tallest building is finally open.

Travel, ArtDan BeauchampAzabudai Hills, Japan, Tokyo, Minato City, Mori, Yoshitomo Nara, teamLab, Borderless, Tokyo Tower, Heatherwick Studio, Pelli Clarke, Pace, Roppongi, Vessel, New York City, New York, Fuji, Cherry Blossoms, Sakura, Shueisha, Manga, Hudson Yards, Olafur Eliasson, Wang Zhan, Kyoto, Fukuoka, Gentrification, Financialization, Venture Capital, Shopping, Christmas, Architecture, Art, Japanese Art, Public Art, Contemporary Art, Performance Art, Food, Tourism, Economy, News, Art NewsComment
First Look: Azabudai Hills
ArtDan BeauchampTaro Okamoto, Okamoto, Tokyo, Shibuya, Mural, Painting, Myth of Tomorrow, Public Art, Atomic Bomb, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Mexico, Mexico City, Pablo Picasso, Picasso, Tower of the Sun, Kawasaki, World War 2, World War II, United States, Japan, Japanese Art, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Power, Nuclear EnergyComment

About Taro Okamoto’s Myth of Tomorrow

Okamoto urges humanity to cherish life and achieve peace.

ArtDan BeauchampTaro Okamoto, Okamoto, Tokyo, Shibuya, Mural, Painting, Myth of Tomorrow, Public Art, Atomic Bomb, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Mexico, Mexico City, Pablo Picasso, Picasso, Tower of the Sun, Kawasaki, World War 2, World War II, United States, Japan, Japanese Art, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Power, Nuclear EnergyComment
About Taro Okamoto’s Myth of Tomorrow
TravelDan BeauchampJapan, Fukui, Fukui Reporter, Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Shinkansen, Hokuriku, Hokuriku Shinkansen, Nagano, Kanazawa, Tokyo, Hapiryu, JR, Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya, Sabae, Awara Onsen, Tsuruga, Obama, Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins, Happy RyuComment

Fukui Awaits the Hokuriku Shinkansen

The Dinosaur Kingdom will soon join Japan’s bullet train network.

TravelDan BeauchampJapan, Fukui, Fukui Reporter, Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Shinkansen, Hokuriku, Hokuriku Shinkansen, Nagano, Kanazawa, Tokyo, Hapiryu, JR, Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya, Sabae, Awara Onsen, Tsuruga, Obama, Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins, Happy RyuComment
Fukui Awaits the Hokuriku Shinkansen
ArtDan BeauchampFilip Custic, Custic, Humanism, Transhumanism, Technology, Tokyo, Shibuya, Japan, Photoshop, Painting, Performance Art, Exhibition Review, Uncanny Valley, Robots, Social Media, TheaterComment

Exhibition Review: Filip Ćustić’s Human Product

Croatian-Spanish artist Filip Ćustić examines human bodies and identities in the digital age.

ArtDan BeauchampFilip Custic, Custic, Humanism, Transhumanism, Technology, Tokyo, Shibuya, Japan, Photoshop, Painting, Performance Art, Exhibition Review, Uncanny Valley, Robots, Social Media, TheaterComment
Exhibition Review: Filip Ćustić’s Human Product
TravelDan BeauchampPride, Pride March, Gay Pride, Tokyo, Japan, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Yoyogi, Human Rights, Fuyuki Kanai, Macciu, G7, Fumio Kishida, Gay, Meiji, Samurai, Buddhism, Shinto, United Kingdom, Britain, Sex, Oda Nobunaga, Spotify, Amazon, Nike, Givenchy, LGBT, Asia, TaiwanComment

Tokyo Rainbow Pride Marches for Human Rights

The queer festival returns as Asia’s largest pride event yet.

TravelDan BeauchampPride, Pride March, Gay Pride, Tokyo, Japan, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Yoyogi, Human Rights, Fuyuki Kanai, Macciu, G7, Fumio Kishida, Gay, Meiji, Samurai, Buddhism, Shinto, United Kingdom, Britain, Sex, Oda Nobunaga, Spotify, Amazon, Nike, Givenchy, LGBT, Asia, TaiwanComment
Tokyo Rainbow Pride Marches for Human Rights
TravelDan BeauchampKanamara Matsuri, Festival, Japan, Kawasaki, Tokyo, Penis, Shrine, Shinto, Ukiyo-e, Kojiki, Penis Festival, Edo, Queer, LGBT, Michelangelo, Nudity, Sex, Sexuality, Fertility, Children, EventComment

Japan’s Penis Festival Returns

The world-famous Kanamara Matsuri is back in all its uncensored glory.

TravelDan BeauchampKanamara Matsuri, Festival, Japan, Kawasaki, Tokyo, Penis, Shrine, Shinto, Ukiyo-e, Kojiki, Penis Festival, Edo, Queer, LGBT, Michelangelo, Nudity, Sex, Sexuality, Fertility, Children, EventComment
Japan’s Penis Festival Returns
ArtDan BeauchampDesign, Zen, Steve Jobs, Buddhism, Food, Seafood, Ukiyo-e, Japan, Japanese Art, Fukui, Tokyo, Kyoto, Apple, Sony, Suzuki, Ryoanji, iPod, Jobs, Macintosh, Bauhaus, Jony Ive, Ive, CalligraphyComment

Steve Jobs: Made in California, Designed by Japan

Jobs is remembered as an icon of American innovation, but he was deeply influenced by Japan.

ArtDan BeauchampDesign, Zen, Steve Jobs, Buddhism, Food, Seafood, Ukiyo-e, Japan, Japanese Art, Fukui, Tokyo, Kyoto, Apple, Sony, Suzuki, Ryoanji, iPod, Jobs, Macintosh, Bauhaus, Jony Ive, Ive, CalligraphyComment
Steve Jobs: Made in California, Designed by Japan
TravelDan BeauchampJapan, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya, Ginza, Olympics, World Expo, Architecture, UNESCO, Kanto, Kansai, teamLab, Pokemon, Nintendo, Kusama, Yayoi Kusama, Fukui, Fukuoka, NaoshimaComment

Japan in 2022: Attractions New, Gone, and Upcoming

Discover the attractions recently opened, closed, and forthcoming throughout the nation.

TravelDan BeauchampJapan, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya, Ginza, Olympics, World Expo, Architecture, UNESCO, Kanto, Kansai, teamLab, Pokemon, Nintendo, Kusama, Yayoi Kusama, Fukui, Fukuoka, NaoshimaComment
Japan in 2022: Attractions New, Gone, and Upcoming
ArtDan BeauchampJoan Cornellà, Cornellà, Joan Cornella, Cornella, Tokyo, Harajuku, Shibuya, Contemporary Art, Comic Art, Illustration, COVID-19, COVID, Coronavirus, Climate Change, Class, Animation, Japan, Sexism, Painting, Exhibition Review, Art2 Comments

Joan Cornellà: Send Yourself Nowhere but Tokyo

Spanish comic artist Joan Cornellà has mastered the spectacle of nihilism.

ArtDan BeauchampJoan Cornellà, Cornellà, Joan Cornella, Cornella, Tokyo, Harajuku, Shibuya, Contemporary Art, Comic Art, Illustration, COVID-19, COVID, Coronavirus, Climate Change, Class, Animation, Japan, Sexism, Painting, Exhibition Review, Art2 Comments
Joan Cornellà: Send Yourself Nowhere but Tokyo
Art, TravelDan BeauchampSakura, Cherry Blossoms, Japan, Osaka, Tokyo, History, War, World War 2, World War II, Nature, Culture, Art, Japanese Art, Ukiyo-e, Hanami, COVID-19, COVID, Flowers, Philosophy, Mono-No-Aware, Nationalism, Death, Kamikaze, Music, Climate Change, Buddhism, Shinto1 Comment

Death and Beauty: The Fleeting Sakura Season

Cherry blossoms are vital to understanding Japanese history and culture.

Art, TravelDan BeauchampSakura, Cherry Blossoms, Japan, Osaka, Tokyo, History, War, World War 2, World War II, Nature, Culture, Art, Japanese Art, Ukiyo-e, Hanami, COVID-19, COVID, Flowers, Philosophy, Mono-No-Aware, Nationalism, Death, Kamikaze, Music, Climate Change, Buddhism, Shinto1 Comment
Death and Beauty: The Fleeting Sakura Season