Food Tea Lounge Tamazawa Justin Velgus Tamazawa is a Sendai cafe with several branches around the city. They sell sweets and some stores are sit down cafes. The Tea...
Culture Japanese Glass Craft Pioneers 2020 Kim Bergström "Japanese Glass Craft Pioneers" is a special exhibition taking place at the Koriyama City Museum of Art until November 23rd. ...
Culture Pottery at the Sendai City Museum Elena Lisina The permanent exhibition at Sendai City Museum features ancient pottery as well as more recent tsutsumi-yaki style. Along wit...
Shopping Ishinomaki Style Kokeshi Dolls Justin Velgus Tree Tree Ishinomaki is a kokeshi shop that opened in April 2015. Its unique style of original kokeshi dolls are exciting kok...
Kamei Museum Collection Justin Velgus The Kamei Museum Collection is a unique museum featuring a large collection of butterfly specimens and a kokeshi doll exhibit...
Art at Your Feet in Tohoku Radica Sooknarine Within each prefecture in Japan, there is a vast array of designs on the manhole covers found on streets everywhere. It's ama...
Aizu Tajima Gion Festival Kate Neath Aizu Tajima Gion Festival, stunning local version of Kyoto's famous Gion Matsuri
Culture Arts and Routes 2020-2021 Kim Bergström A special exhibition taking place at the Akita Museum of Modern Art is titled "Arts and Routes", and it will focus on the the...
Culture Yasumasa Toshima Exhibition 2020-2021 Kim Bergström Yasumasa Toshima was a Western-style painter whose ancestors were from Akita Prefecture. A special event will display over 20...
Activities Ashino Park Sakura Festival Kim Bergström Aomori's Ashino Park is home to over 2000 cherry trees, and appears on the list of Japan's Top 100 Cherry Blossom Viewing Spots.
Culture Denmark Design: Miyagi Exhibition 2021 Kim Bergström The "Denmark Design" exhibition is taking place at the Tohoku History Museum until late June. The event will showcase around ...
Activities Hidden Cherry Blossoms at Happonmatsu Park, Sendai Justin Velgus Happonmatsu Park is a small park near Nagamachi Station, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. While nothing special most of the ye...
Culture Tomizawa Site Museum Justin Velgus The Tomizawa Site Museum in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture is dedicated to preserving and displaying exhbits related to the Glacia...
Culture Tatsumiyama Park Sarashanti Tatsumiyama Park has a good playground, views of Kuji City, and shrine inside.
Culture Museum of History and Folklore Justin Velgus The Sendai City Museum of History and Folklore is housed in the former barracks of the 4th infantry regiment. The building lo...
