Tag: Japanese
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The Stunning Cherry Blossoms and Nemophila Flowers Bloom in Japan
Hundreds of thousands of people visit Japan each year. And thousands of them visit for the Cherry Blossoms. Not just for the Cherry Blossoms, but they are an absolute sight to behold. Japanese photographer Puraten10 recently showcased this fact when he posted a series of landscape shots featuring cherry blossom (aka sakura) trees blooming next to…
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Artist Creates Miniature Paper Birds Every Day For An Entire Year
Hi, I am Vaishali, myself & my partner Nayan, we are paper cut artists based in India. We have been making paper cut artworks since one year now. We took up the 365 days challenge of creating Miniature birds using paper and watercolors for this entire year of 2018. Here we are sharing our artworks…
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Sashimi Artist Designs Incredible Food Art From Raw Fish And Other Edible Ingredients
Many people would agree that sashimi (a Japanese delicacy consisting of very fresh raw fish or meat nicely sliced into thin pieces) is one of the best ways to enjoy fish. Not only you can taste thinly sliced seafood at its very freshest but also this delicacy recently became famous as a form of art.…
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Is This The Most Beautiful Tree in the World?
Ashikaga Flower Park is a flower theme park located in Tochigi Prefecture’s Ashikaga City, around 80 kilometers from Tokyo. Flowers are available for viewing year-round in the park’s 92,000 square-meter area. One of the park’s particularly big draws is its wisteria flowers. The park holds over 350 wisteria trees, and it is Japan’s largest collection…
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The Interiors Of These Japanese Sleeper Trains Are A Designer’s Dream
You may be familiar with Japan's bullet trains, also known as Shinkansen trains, that offer visitors an experience like no other with speeds reaching up to 320 km/hr. But have you heard about the Japanese sleeper trains, which peaked in the 1970s, expanding the country's network of bullet trains, domestic air routes, and cheaper night…
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People in Japan Are Shaping and Polishing Aluminium Foil Balls Into Perfect Orbs
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Aluminum foil looks pretty boring. It is used for packaging, insulation, cooking… and making really shiny balls that appear to have no real purpose, apparently. That’s right, thanks to a Japanese jeweler, the whole country became obsessed with refining these metal leaves, and we aren’t sure how to react. According to Twitter user @puchuco709, they…
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The Amazing Evolution of The Great Wave off Kanagawa
Has any Japanese woodblock print — or for that matter, any piece of Japanese art — endured as well across place and time as The Great Wave off Kanagawa? Even those of us who have never known its name, let alone those of us unsure of who made it and when, can bring it to…
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Artist Hand-Cuts An Intricate Octopus From A Single Piece of Paper
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Veteran kirie artist Masayo Fukuda has been practicing the art form for 25 years and recently revealed what she says is her greatest masterpiece of 2018. Kirie (切り絵, literally ‘cut picture’) is the Japanese art of paper-cutting. Variations of kirie can be found in cultures around the world but the Japanese version is said to be derived from religious ceremonies and…
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This Japanese Experiment That Lasted 50 Years Resulted In These Amazing Tree ‘Crop Circles’
A crop circle or crop formation is a pattern created by flattening a crop. Although obscure natural causes or alien origins of crop circles are suggested by conspiracy theorists and other UFO enthusiasts, there is no scientific evidence for such explanations. Scientists maintain that all crop circles are consistent with some kind of human interference…
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Japanese Artist Creates Stunning Miniature Antique Dollhouse Furniture by Hand
If you like all things small, then Japanese artist Kiyomi (aka @chiisanashiawase2015) is for you. A mother of two, Kiyomi brings interior design chic to the world of dollhouses, with a range of handmade miniature antique furniture and accessories. She makes her miniatures using various materials including paper, wire, and perspex, and her incredibly detailed,…