Local artist teaches the craft of Ikebana, the Japanese art of floral design

Local artist Heidi Almosara spent several years in Japan. During her time there, she mastered the art of Ikebana. Now, she ...
The New York Times

Women Who Made Art in Japanese Internment Camps Are Getting Their Due

A traveling exhibit will focus on the work of three Japanese American women artists, Hisako Hibi, Miki Hayakawa and Miné Okubo. By Rebecca Carballo Ibuki Hibi Lee remembers waking up to the sounds of ...
The Economist

In Japan, festivals are boldly taking art into the countryside

A COSMONAUT SAT for most of the winter on a platform at Kazusa-Murakami station in Chiba, a rural Japanese prefecture next to Tokyo. As they waited for trains, local grandmothers would chat with the ...