How Shinto shapes Japanese visual culture, where belief is carefully composed in space, material, and form.

Contemporary Japanese women writers are reshaping both domestic and global literary landscapes through subversive, critically acclaimed works—reviving a historic female literary tradition that dates back to the Heian period.

Despite the neon modernity of modern Tokyo, its roots as an ancient castle town lie preserved in the very structure of the city existing today.

Japan’s centuries-long practice of land reclamation, umetatechi has profoundly reshaped its cities—from medieval ports to modern megaprojects—bringing both growth and seismic challenges.