Editorials

10 BOOKS SET IN JAPAN: NOVELS TO UNDERSTAND AND LOVE IT

Contemporary Japanese literature has grown widely throughout the world in recent years and certainly represents a fantastic way to immerse yourself in Japanese culture and travel with your mind to...

POST-COVID COWORKING BETWEEN ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

With new technologies , remote working has become very simple and within everyone's reach. Thanks to the many programs, tools and software that are now extremely widespread and used for workflow ma...

THE JAPANESE MANIA FOR GACHA-GACHA SURPRISES

It is absolutely impossible for anyone visiting Japan to resist the temptation to insert a few coins into one of the many Gashapon (ガシャポン) , the typical gadget distributors located in every corner...

THE NEW ISSUE OF GUCCI CHIME ZINE HAS BEEN PUBLISHED

After the last release with an important focus on Japan and Japanese culture, Gucci CHIME Zine returns , the editorial project, now in its third issue, launched by the fashion brand in 2019 and edi...

TAMAGOTCHI: A STORY OF TECHNOLOGY AND LOVE

Tamagotchi is the famous electronic cyber-pet launched in 1996 in Japan: a small portable game which, with over 80 million units sold, is certainly a symbolic object for the entire generation of ch...

THE JAPANESE THEATER IS ALSO BY PLANE

Pre-flight safety procedures are normally intended to remind passengers to take the necessary precautions during travel, but ANA All Nippon Airways , Japan's largest five-star airline , took the op...

JAPANESE THEATER TODAY

Traditional Japanese theater (日本伝統芸能) is a rich and complex art, which has its roots in ancient shamanic beliefs, music and ancestral dances widespread in north-eastern Asia, mainly linked to two m...

THE MAGIC OF HANAMI, THE JAPANESE SPRING

Spring is upon us and for a few days now it has been possible to see the first trees in bloom in some cities in Italy. If the start of the beautiful season here brings a light of hope after these ...

THE MOONSTAR BRAND PRESENTS THE NEW 810S LINE

Moonstar 810s is the new shoe line based on the know-how of the Moonstar brand , a historic Japanese company - founded in 1873 in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture - dedicated to the manufact...

FUKUSHIMA: TEN YEARS LATER

March 11, 2011, Fukushima, 2.46 pm local time . A magnitude 9 earthquake hits the northern area of ​​the country with its epicenter in Miyagi prefecture: it is the most powerful earthquake to ever...