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Coming up, Dec. 19: Art Deco Tour in Tokyo, in English!
Japan’s cultural offerings are hard to access if you don’t know Japanese. Few museums provide more than cursory signage in English, and tours and audio guides are generally only in Japanese. Foreign visitors understandably feel frustrated with the experience they … Continue reading
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Tagged 1933, alice gordenker, Art Deco, issues for Japanese museums, lack of English in Japanese museums, museum tours in English, Prince Asaka residence, Shirokane, things to do in Tokyo., Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, translating for museums, translation
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Why I Love My Work (Part 1)
I must have the best job in the world — some days it really feels like that. Like the day last month when I got to watch while three of Japan’s top photographers reviewed several thousand works by up-and-coming young … Continue reading
Ticket Giveaway: postal museum
In my May 21 column in The Japan Times, and the blog post above, I wrote about the history of postal service in Japan. So I’m giving away two sets of free tickets to the Tei Park Communications Museum in … Continue reading
Ticket Giveaway: old-fashioned photo manipulation
One of the many new words I had to learn when my children attended Japanese school was zōkin 雑巾, which is a cleaning rag made by stitching together a few layers of cloth into a neat rectangle. Zōkin were always … Continue reading
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Tagged alice gordenker, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, zokin gake
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Ticket Giveaway: Kawauchi Rinko photo exhibit
If you can get to the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography by July 16, by all means enter my latest blog giveway to receive a free pair of tickets to the Kawauchi Rinko exhibition. A 1,400 yen value! Kawauchi Rinko … Continue reading
My First Giveaway: 2 Free Tickets to the Doisneau Restrospective
If you can get to the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography by Sunday May 14, by all means enter my first blog giveway to receive a pair of tickets to the ongoing Doisneau restrospective. A 1,600 yen value! : Enter … Continue reading
Google Doodle Doubles Attendance at Tokyo Exhibition
Talk about the power of Google: when Google commemorated French photographer Robert Doisneau on its world websites with a simple photo collage, attendance at a Tokyo exhibition suddenly jumped to nearly double. On April 14, the 100-year anniversary of Doisneau’s … Continue reading
Woman? Or Man? Beato’s Snow Beauty ベアトの雪中美人
If you live in Tokyo, you’ve probably seen the photo above on posters advertising the ongoing Felice Beato exhibit at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. It was taken around 1868 by Beato, one of the first photographers to record … Continue reading
The Diorama Maps of Nishino Sohei 西野壮平
If you can get to the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography by Sunday Jan. 29, I recommend dropping by the elan photographic exhibit to see a remarkable set of photo-collages by Nishino Sohei. That’s his re-piecing of Tokyo above but … Continue reading
Alice Gordenker アリス・ゴーデンカー 