#japan

Title: The Hall of the Golden Hue at Hiraizumi (1957)

Artist: Hasui Kawase

https://meguri-japan.com/en/exploring-the-regions/20210719_4649/ #ShinHanga #Art #HasuiKawase #Showa #Winter #Snow #Hiraizumi #Chusonji #Konjikido #Iwate #Japan

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi: beautiful book with #sciencefiction #japan #fiction #bookstodon

On a bullet train, you can cruise comfortably at speeds only attained—for short stretches—by production cars like Bugattis or McLarens as they hit their flat-out maximums.

In #China, new CRH450 tops out at 280 mph. #Japan's shinkansen are being tested at 370 mph.

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A winter dawn and an encounter with wild deer
📸 28.01.2025
📍Kyoto City
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#photography #landscape #sunrise #japan

Bon appétit. I think I hadn't been to a ramen restaurant in almost a year. How is this possible?

#Ramen #Japan #ラーメン

🇫🇷🇺🇦President Zelensky meets with President Macron: security cooperation, continued support for Ukraine on table (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3953437-zelensky-meets-with-macron-security-cooperation-continued-support-for-ukraine-on-table.html #Ukraine #France #NukesForUkraine #SouthKorea #Japan #Press #Taiwan #Media #NukesOrNATO #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #News #UnitedStates #EuropeanUnion #UnitedKingdom #russiaUkraineWar #10yrInvasionofUkraine

The Chuo Shinkansen, a maglev in #Japan, has topped out at 603 kms (375 miles) per hour.

High-speed trains in #China now routinely travel at 400 kms (249 miles) per hour...

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‘Am I a Cyclopian monster?’ How masked writer Uketsu went from asparagus videos to literary sensation https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jan/27/uketsu-masked-writer-japan-surreal-videos #Thrillers #Worldnews #Culture #Fiction #Books #Japan

Nice to live in a country where the hard left party is smart enough to realize that it's namesake in #China has nothing to do with #leftism whatsoever, and is willing to call out their crimes against #humanrights, including the #Uyghurs.

"The #Chinese leadership’s...does not deserve the name of the #Communist Party"

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3046856/chinese-communist-partys-chauvinism-threat-peace-japanese

#Japan

#TrainPorn #TobuUrbanParkLine #Japan #日本 #東武アーバンパークライン #電車オタク

Japanese writer Shōtarō Yasuoka, who died OTD in 2013, was a leading figure in post-war #literature in #Japan, and was recognized by the Japanese government as a Person of Cultural Merit https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/ise/?s=mb #travel

Can books ease your inner pain? These cozy fiction fans think so
These whimsical, escapist books have long been popular in Japan and Korea. But now translations of titles like We'll Prescribe You a Cat, Before the Coffee Gets Cold, and The Full Moon Coffee Shop have found a new and enthusiastic global audience.
#books #fiction #trend #Japan #Korea #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/japanese-korean-cozy-fiction-1.7435974?cmp=rss

Mt. Fuji

#foto #fotografie #photo #photography #color #colorphotography #landscape #landscapephotography #japan #mtfuji #mountfuji #fuji #SilentSunday

Asking for recommendations for #books about the #history of #Japan. Any time period is interesting to me at this point.

I've read Jonathan Clement's "A Brief History of Japan" and "Japan: A History" by Noel Fairchild Busch. Currently, I'm reading Donald Keene's "Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World" and I have Herbert P. Bix's "Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan" waiting.

Any other ideas about further recommended reading?

Let it glow: fireflies illuminating Japanese woodlands – in pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2025/jan/25/let-it-glow-fireflies-illuminating-japanese-woodlands-in-pictures

#Fireflies #Japan #Photography #Woodland