Tag Archives: Japan

istoria țării de la capătul lumii (Carte: Jonathan Clements – A Brief History of Japan)

Am călătorit deja de trei ori în Japonia și sunt îndrăgostit de această țară. Contactul cu peisajele, oamenii, cultura Japoniei reprezintă pentru orice vizitator european o experiență unică. Din multe puncte de vedere Japonia este opusă țărilor în care am … Continue reading

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Carte: Yukio Mishima – Templul de aur

‘Templul de aur’, cartea scriitorului japonez Yukio Mishima re-editata acum de Humanitas fiction in cadrul colectiei Raftul Denisei (traducerea apartine Angelei Hondru) este o carte cunoscuta de multa vreme iubitorilor de literatura din Romania. Acesta editie este cel putin a … Continue reading

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‘Double Vision’ – Contemporary Art from Japan at the Tikotin Museum

The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art and the Haifa Museum of Art organized in Haifa what is probably the most important exhibition of contemporary art from Japan ever hold in Israel with the occasion of the 60 years since Japan … Continue reading

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3 exhibitions at the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art in Haifa

With Japan still in our hearts and minds we went on Saturday morning to visit the exhibitions at the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art in Haifa. Beautifully located on the Carmel Mountain this is the best place in Israel to … Continue reading

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Takashi Murakami

With Japan on my mind and actually in so many people’s minds these days I decided to write today about the Japanese artist Takashi Murakami who was recently in the center of several segments on the European cultural TV stations. … Continue reading

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Documentary: White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

When I visited Hiroshima less than two months ago I thought that I knew quite a lot about the the events at the end of the second world war in the Pacific including the atomic bombs that were dropped upon … Continue reading

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