Hasegawa between her characters, Ijiwaru Baasan (Granny Mischief) and Sazae-san (Mrs. Sazae). Hasegawa Machiko was born in 1920, in Saga Prefecture and is regarded as one of Japan’s pioneering female ...

A "grandpa" YouTuber posting videos mainly about watercolor painting techniques is becoming an unlikely hit with viewers both in Japan and abroad. Painter Harumichi Shibasaki's most popular video has ...

A renowned symbol of the modern world, Tokyo is a city commonly associated with bright lights, innovative technology and sleek buildings. So when Polish artist Mateusz Urbanowicz first moved to Tokyo, ...

"Scenes of Miyajima" is Matthew Phinn's second solo exhibition in Hiroshima this year. After completing a three-month artist-in-residency in 2003 in Akiyoshidai, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Phinn is now in ...

My love for detail kept me from producing convincing watercolor. However, the Greek trip was a ‘light bulb’ experience.