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Aichi Triennale- Nagoya

This weekend I visited Nagoya to explore the Aichi Triennale 2010 with Akiko Hada, a Berlin-based artist, who spent some of her childhood in Nagoya. The theme of the Triennale

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The Avant Garde of “Nihonga”

This afternoon I cycled across the river to the Higashiyama area of the Kyoto to the National Museum of Modern Art to see the current exhibition of paintings by the

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Great Dinner and Good Conversation

Last night I went to Nankano to meet with Tokyo-based composer and musician Christophe Charles and to the home of video artists  Sei Kazam and Hatsune Ohtsu, who work under

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At the Mori Art Museum- Roppongi

Today I took the Tokyo Subway to Roppongi, and since the National Art Center was closed (a fact I failed to notice in my guidebook), I visited the impressive Mori

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Tokyo Day & Night

Arrived in Tokyo yesterday later afternoon and found my hotel in the Shinjuku district without much trouble, navigating the Tokyo Metro is easier than it looks- even for someone with

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An Evening Walk

This evening I did an evening walk along the Pontocho, a narrow lane full of restaurants and bars, crossing the Kamo-gawa in search of  Ozawa, a highly recommended tempura restaurant.

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