Japan’s Hidden Gem Film: Swallowtail Butterfly by Shunji Iwai

What Japanese movies do you know? Seven Samurai? Godzilla? Spirited Away? This movie is a Japanese masterpiece that almost only Japanese people know. In Japan,…
Japan Through Japanese Eyes
Japan Through Japanese Eyes
What Japanese movies do you know? Seven Samurai? Godzilla? Spirited Away? This movie is a Japanese masterpiece that almost only Japanese people know. In Japan,…
Do you love books? Japan has around 4,000 public libraries open to everyone.Among them, there are many “beautiful libraries” known for their remarkable architecture and…
About a year after its international release, Grave of the Fireflies has finally become available for streaming in Japan. I’m pretty sure I first watched…
Can Fujii Kaze, one of Japan’s top artists, break into the American mainstream? Fujii Kaze (藤井風) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and pianist.With his unique musical…
A Japanese film that everyone who works should see I love movies, but I mostly watch American or European films.I do enjoy Japanese cinema as…