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Category Archives: fun links
Fun Link Friday: The Thinnest Japanese Paper in the World
Just a quick Fun Link Friday this week from Great Big Story! Japan is known the world around for its handcrafted paper, but is it now known also for the thinnest paper in the world? Hidaka Washi Ltd. is has … Continue reading
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Tagged Japanese arts, Japanese paper, paper, traditional arts, washi
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Fun Link Friday: Japanese currency redesigns
What’s on your country’s money? After traveling overseas, I always come back to the US thinking about how boring our own bills seem! And it appears that Japan is putting even more thought into new and exciting illustrations for their … Continue reading
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Tagged currency, fun link friday, history, Japan, Japanese culture, Japanese history, money
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Fun Link Friday: Super-sized Sushi 🍣
Are you a hungry sushi enthusiast? Are you ready to tackle an 11 pound “Generous Roll”? Check out our quickie fun link Friday today, a video by Great Big Story on Hiromu Inagaki, who makes massive (and tiny!) sushi! Click … Continue reading
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Tagged food, food culture, fun link friday, Japan, Japanese food, sushi
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Fun Link Friday: Breakdancing Monks
How do you bring your hobbies and skills into your everyday life? This past week Tricycle reported on some fun news in the world of Buddhism: two monks from different Buddhist practices who have formed a breakdancing duo. Hoping to … Continue reading
Fun Link Friday: Newspaper Sculptures by Atsushi Adachi
The holidays are upon us, so it’s a quick Fun Link Friday this week! This article by Spoon & Tamago caught my eye a couple weeks ago– a report about an upcoming exhibit by artist Atsushi Adachi, who plays with the theme … Continue reading
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Tagged art, fun link friday, Japanese art, media, newspaper, visual arts
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Fun Link Friday: Move over, gingerbread house, here’s a sweets sailboat
While many of us may be honing our skills for seasonal gingerbread house competitions, none of us can hold a candle to the students of the recently opened Noda Kamada Gakuen vocational high school in Yokohama, who created a MASSIVE … Continue reading
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Tagged cookies, culinary school, food, food culture, Japan, sweets
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Fun Link Friday: Ukiyo-e project and modern prints
We’ve covered modern takes on and uses of ukiyo-e prints from early modern Japan a handful of times for our Fun Link Fridays here at Shinpai Deshou. The latest way in which ukiyo-e can be seen persisting in the cultural imaginary is … Continue reading
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Tagged art, early modern art, fun link friday, Japanese art, Japanese culture, media, pop culture, popular culture, Tokugawa Japan, ukiyo-e
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