Category: Pop Culture
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The surprising and original art of Hiroyuki-Mitsume Takahashi
Designer and artist Hiroyuki-Mitsume Takahashi is internationally recognized for his illustrations full of life and color that resonate with many young people in Japan and the world! Traditional Japanese aesthetics and science fiction, sacred Buddhist iconography and profane symbols, street culture and academia, the soft, organic and kawaii meet and transform with the rigid, inorganic Read more
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Hachiko – the friendship of a loyal dog
Hachiko – The friendship of a loyal dog – If you have been in Japan, walking in the Shibuya area of Tokyo, you have surely come across the statue of Hachiko, an Akita dog that is remembered for its loyalty to its owner. It is the symbol of Shibuya Station. Its owner was Hidesaburō Ueno, Read more