CIRCLE WITH A DOT

Part 15Mt. WashuSo nice to walk along the flower beds!#japan #日本 #travel #kurashiki #倉敷市 #photography

Title: White Plum in the Farmyard (1951)Artist: Toshi Yoshidahttps://gogonihon.com/en/blog/plum-blossoms-in-japan/ #Art #Showa #ShinHanga #ToshiYoshida #Spring #PlumBlossoms #Ume #Japan

#Japan plans to send several officials to #Russia in late May to facilitate communication and help protect assets owned by Japanese companies operating there, the Minister of Economy, Trade ‌and Industry Ryosei Akazawa said on Tuesday.https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-send-officials-russia-may-over-protection-companies-assets-2026-05-12/

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@bobthetraveler Wait, is the Diamond Sutra the oldest dated printed book just because the colophon says 868, or are there older printed fragments that just don't have a date written on them?

Title: Village in Spring (c.1990s)Artist: Kawashima Tatsuohttps://www.kikkoman.com/en/cookbook/glossary/nanohana.html #SosakuHanga #KawashimaTatsuo #Art #Spring #Heisei #Satoyama #Nanohana #Japan

Rice paddy pics.#nature #birds #photography #japan

photo: シグマ (Sigma) bingo pinball at ビンゴイン池袋 (Bingo Inn Ikebukuro), circa late 1980s https://earlyarcadesjapan.blogspot.com/2026/05/photo-sigma-bingo-pinball-at-bingo-inn.html#eremeka #bingopinball #pinball #japan #showa #retroarcade

@Kantoman I visited Kyoto last year with my kids and we stayed in a hotel next door to a BooBoo Park. They fell in love with the character. And, yes, there's a song. https://youtu.be/nO0nAIDngJo

‘My body ached from the volume’: the mystery and majesty of Japanese noise-rockers les Rallizes DénudésThe incendiary Japanese group who emerged out of late-60s unrest were suspicious of studios so their legacy was long left to bootleg obsessives. But unheard recordings are revealing their lesser-known gifts for melody By 1969 student protests were raging ac...https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/05/les-rallizes-denudes-japanese-rock-band-disque-4-interview-makoto-kubota#Music #Culture #Experimentalmusic #Japan #Popandrock #TheGuardian(Tue, 5 May 2026 09:49:49 +0000)

Ungeschminkt aus dem Haus? Nicht in Japan und nicht in Düsseldorf. Bestimmte Beautyroutinen pflegen die Japanerinnen auch hier.#WDR #Düsseldorf #Beauty #Japan #LittleTokio #Schönheit #Trends #NRWJapanische Beautytrends gibt es auch im Düsseldorfer Stadtteil Little Tokio.

‘My body ached from the volume’: the mystery and majesty of Japanese noise-rockers les Rallizes DénudésThe incendiary Japanese group who emerged out of late-60s unrest were suspicious of studios so their legacy was long left to bootleg obsessives. But unheard recordings are revealing their lesser-known gifts for melody By 1969 student protests were raging ac...https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/05/les-rallizes-denudes-japanese-rock-band-disque-4-interview-makoto-kubota#Music #Culture #Experimentalmusic #Japan #Popandrock #TheGuardian(Tue, 5 May 2026 09:49:49 +0000)

‘My body ached from the volume’: the mystery and majesty of Japanese noise-rockers les Rallizes DénudésThe incendiary Japanese group who emerged out of late-60s unrest were suspicious of studios so their legacy was long left to bootleg obsessives. But unheard recordings are revealing their lesser-known gifts for melody By 1969 student protests were raging ac...https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/05/les-rallizes-denudes-japanese-rock-band-disque-4-interview-makoto-kubota#Music #Culture #Experimentalmusic #Japan #Popandrock #TheGuardian(Tue, 5 May 2026 09:49:49 +0000)

Sakura at Himeji Castle, Hyogo, Japan Arriving too late to enter the castle, we made the most of the cherry blossoms surrounding it. This sakura tree stands proudly, its branches spreading into a canopy of blossoms. | OM-5 | Leica 12-60mm f2.8-4.0 | #travel #landscape #nature #trees #flowers #sakura #blossom #cherry #cherryblossom #spring #castle #himeji #japan #omsystem #olympus #m43 #MicroFourThirds

‘My body ached from the volume’: the mystery and majesty of Japanese noise-rockers les Rallizes DénudésThe incendiary Japanese group who emerged out of late-60s unrest were suspicious of studios so their legacy was long left to bootleg obsessives. But unheard recordings are revealing their lesser-known gifts for melody By 1969 student protests were raging ac...https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/05/les-rallizes-denudes-japanese-rock-band-disque-4-interview-makoto-kubota#Music #Culture #Experimentalmusic #Japan #Popandrock #TheGuardian(Tue, 5 May 2026 09:49:49 +0000)

@ObsidianUrbex Wow, very interesting and spooky at the same time.

Our tour guide took us to the Akagi Shrine in the Kagurazaka district of Tokyo. This shrine is dedicated to Mt. Akagi and the Akagi Daimyojin, a kami believed to bestow success on the performing arts.Larger shrines will sell prayer cards or plaques, so you can write a prayer on them and leave them for the associated kami to consider. Because this kami blesses the performing arts, people will leave prayers for everything from getting concert tickets to their favorite TV show being renewed for another season.We saw these hanging there and our guide said they appeared to be prayers from employees at a company called Shueisha Games to make their new game ANTHEM#9 "a big hit". I bought it on Steam for about $11.It's not really my type of game, but at least I can say I helped answer someone's prayers. #japan #travel

Title: Umbrella (1940)Artist: Toshi Yoshidahttps://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20260504-325859/ #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #ToshiYoshida #Spring #RainySeason #Rain #Japan

A wildfire in northeastern Japan has been brought under control after 11 days; the fire destroyed 8 buildings and scorched 1,633 hectares of land, the 2nd largest area in over 30 years.Last year, a massive wildfire in Ofunato, also in Iwate Prefecture, scorched around 3,370 hectares before it was finally extinguished.https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260502/p2g/00m/0na/035000c#Japan #Wildfires #Iwate #ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

The city of Osaki, in Miyagi Prefecture, is bracing for a uncertain future as its population continues to decline. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/04/japan/society/japan-miyagi-municipal-merger-depopulation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #miyagi #depopulation #schools #tourism #onsen