Danny With Love

Travel, ArtDan BeauchampNovember 19, 2025Japan, World Expo, museum, teamLab, teamLab Planets, Osaka, Tokyo, Fukui, Okinawa, dinosaurs, Hokkaido, Sapporo, Hakodate, Miyagi, Sendai, Fukushima, Aomori, Hirosaki, Iwate, Morioka, Yamagata, Yonezawa, Akita, Harajuku, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Ibaraki, Mito, Gunma, Tochigi, Ishikawa, Kanazawa, Toyama, Nagoya, Aichi, Chubu, Hokuriku, Toyota, Shizuoka, Niigata, Gifu, Yamanashi, Kobe, Hyogo, Kyoto, Mie, Shiga, Nara, Wakayama, Himeji, Chugoku, Shikoku, Hiroshima, Okayama, Ehime, Yamaguchi, Kagawa, Tokushima, Kochi, Shimane, Tottori, Matsuyama, Matsue, Kyushu, Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Oita, Miyazaki, Saga, Naha, 2025Comment

Japan in 2026: New and Upcoming Attractions

Kyoto’s appeal is unstoppable.

Travel, ArtDan BeauchampNovember 19, 2025Japan, World Expo, museum, teamLab, teamLab Planets, Osaka, Tokyo, Fukui, Okinawa, dinosaurs, Hokkaido, Sapporo, Hakodate, Miyagi, Sendai, Fukushima, Aomori, Hirosaki, Iwate, Morioka, Yamagata, Yonezawa, Akita, Harajuku, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Ibaraki, Mito, Gunma, Tochigi, Ishikawa, Kanazawa, Toyama, Nagoya, Aichi, Chubu, Hokuriku, Toyota, Shizuoka, Niigata, Gifu, Yamanashi, Kobe, Hyogo, Kyoto, Mie, Shiga, Nara, Wakayama, Himeji, Chugoku, Shikoku, Hiroshima, Okayama, Ehime, Yamaguchi, Kagawa, Tokushima, Kochi, Shimane, Tottori, Matsuyama, Matsue, Kyushu, Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Oita, Miyazaki, Saga, Naha, 2025Comment

Japan in 2026: New and Upcoming Attractions

Travel, ArtDan BeauchampNovember 17, 2025Japan, Japan in 2026, 2026, Fukui, Cherry Blossoms, Event, Dragon Ball, Chiba, Upopoy, Hokkaido, Ainu, Evangelion, Yokohama, Akita, Asuwa, Fukuoka, Flowers, Doraemon, Anime, Ehime, Matsuyama, Ise, Ise Jingu, Mie, Ibaraki, Festival, Concert, Nagoya, Aichi, Sport, Gunma, Maebashi, Fireworks, Tokyo, Odaiba, Shibuya, Marunouchi, Kyoto, Nijo Castle, Showa, Kumamoto, OsakaComment

Japan in 2026: Unique Events

A Guide to Japan’s Rare Festivals, Anniversaries, and One-Time Events in 2026

Travel, ArtDan BeauchampNovember 17, 2025Japan, Japan in 2026, 2026, Fukui, Cherry Blossoms, Event, Dragon Ball, Chiba, Upopoy, Hokkaido, Ainu, Evangelion, Yokohama, Akita, Asuwa, Fukuoka, Flowers, Doraemon, Anime, Ehime, Matsuyama, Ise, Ise Jingu, Mie, Ibaraki, Festival, Concert, Nagoya, Aichi, Sport, Gunma, Maebashi, Fireworks, Tokyo, Odaiba, Shibuya, Marunouchi, Kyoto, Nijo Castle, Showa, Kumamoto, OsakaComment

TravelDan BeauchampNovember 16, 2025Food, Cuisine, Soba, Buckwheat, Fukui, Fukui Reporter, Godiva, Chocolate, Cocoa, Echizen Soba, Echizen, Osaka, Emperor Showa, Echizen Gani, Echizen Crab, Tokyo, Saitama, YokohamaComment

Tasting Fukui Soba Galettes at Godiva Café

What is the alluring taste of buckwheat and cacao?

TravelDan BeauchampNovember 16, 2025Food, Cuisine, Soba, Buckwheat, Fukui, Fukui Reporter, Godiva, Chocolate, Cocoa, Echizen Soba, Echizen, Osaka, Emperor Showa, Echizen Gani, Echizen Crab, Tokyo, Saitama, YokohamaComment

Tasting Fukui Soba Galettes at Godiva Café

TravelDan BeauchampNovember 15, 2025Japan, 2026, Showa, Saitama, Nagoya, Aichi, Tokyo, Hiroshima, Castle, Shizuoka, Kyoto, Osaka, Kabuki, Shimane, Biwako, Shiga, Fukuoka, KumamotoComment

Japan in 2026: Major Closures

What’s closing in Japan soon?

TravelDan BeauchampNovember 15, 2025Japan, 2026, Showa, Saitama, Nagoya, Aichi, Tokyo, Hiroshima, Castle, Shizuoka, Kyoto, Osaka, Kabuki, Shimane, Biwako, Shiga, Fukuoka, KumamotoComment

ArtDan BeauchampOctober 01, 2025Otokonokoto, Pride, Gay Pride, Ehime, Tokyo, Osaka, LGBT, Queer Art, Queer, Gay, Illustration, Shinjuku, Cartoons, Manga, Doyamacho, Interview, MatsuyamaComment

Interview with Gay Illustrator Otokonokoto

From Ehime to Tokyo, the anonymous artist’s handsome men are taking over Japan.

ArtDan BeauchampOctober 01, 2025Otokonokoto, Pride, Gay Pride, Ehime, Tokyo, Osaka, LGBT, Queer Art, Queer, Gay, Illustration, Shinjuku, Cartoons, Manga, Doyamacho, Interview, MatsuyamaComment

Interview with Gay Illustrator Otokonokoto

TravelDan BeauchampSeptember 16, 2025Castle, Architecture, Japan, Osaka, Tottori, Matsumoto, Nagano, Okinawa, Naha, Maruoka, Maruoka Castle, Fukui, Hirosaki, Aomori, Nagoya, Aichi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Kumamoto, Kyushu, Shiga, Edo, Tokyo, Okayama, Oda Nobunaga, TokugawaComment

Japan Castle Update

Which of Japan’s castles are closing or welcoming new additions?

TravelDan BeauchampSeptember 16, 2025Castle, Architecture, Japan, Osaka, Tottori, Matsumoto, Nagano, Okinawa, Naha, Maruoka, Maruoka Castle, Fukui, Hirosaki, Aomori, Nagoya, Aichi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Kumamoto, Kyushu, Shiga, Edo, Tokyo, Okayama, Oda Nobunaga, TokugawaComment

ArtDan BeauchampJune 17, 2025Interview, Illustration, Alessandro Bioletti, Bioletti, Italy, Japan, Tokyo, Graphic Design, Pride, Gay Pride, LGBT, FuturismComment

Interview with Illustrator Alessandro Bioletti

The artist creates joy that transcends culture.

ArtDan BeauchampJune 17, 2025Interview, Illustration, Alessandro Bioletti, Bioletti, Italy, Japan, Tokyo, Graphic Design, Pride, Gay Pride, LGBT, FuturismComment

Interview with Illustrator Alessandro Bioletti

ArtDan BeauchampMay 21, 2025Dian, Tomokazu Matsuyama, Loewe, Fashion, Luxury, Tokyo, Art, Contemporary Art, Japanese Art, Japan, Azabudai Hills, Harajuku, Rihanna, Studio Ghibli, Tadanori YokooComment

Art I Saw Recently

Viewing Diàn, Tomokazu Matsuyama, Loewe, and Tadanori Yokoo in Tokyo.

ArtDan BeauchampMay 21, 2025Dian, Tomokazu Matsuyama, Loewe, Fashion, Luxury, Tokyo, Art, Contemporary Art, Japanese Art, Japan, Azabudai Hills, Harajuku, Rihanna, Studio Ghibli, Tadanori YokooComment

TravelDan BeauchampMay 08, 2025Japan, Ninja, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Kabuki, Kabukicho, Taiko, Drums, Culture, Show, Shows, Sponsored, AdComment

Watching Ninja Kabuki in Tokyo

SPONSORED POST: a new cultural show in Shinjuku!

TravelDan BeauchampMay 08, 2025Japan, Ninja, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Kabuki, Kabukicho, Taiko, Drums, Culture, Show, Shows, Sponsored, AdComment

Art Exhibitions to See in Japan in 2025

Japan’s art scene continues to impress.

Travel, ArtDan BeauchampDecember 02, 2024Japan, World Expo, museum, teamLab, teamLab Planets, Osaka, Tokyo, Fukui, Okinawa, dinosaurs, Hokkaido, Sapporo, Hakodate, Miyagi, Sendai, Fukushima, Aomori, Hirosaki, Iwate, Morioka, Yamagata, Yonezawa, Akita, Harajuku, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Ibaraki, Mito, Gunma, Tochigi, Ishikawa, Kanazawa, Toyama, Nagoya, Aichi, Chubu, Hokuriku, Toyota, Shizuoka, Niigata, Gifu, Yamanashi, Kobe, Hyogo, Kyoto, Mie, Shiga, Nara, Wakayama, Himeji, Chugoku, Shikoku, Hiroshima, Okayama, Ehime, Yamaguchi, Kagawa, Tokushima, Kochi, Shimane, Tottori, Matsuyama, Matsue, Kyushu, Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Oita, Miyazaki, Saga, Naha, 20251 Comment

Japan in 2025: New and Upcoming Attractions

2025 is the year of Osaka.

Travel, ArtDan BeauchampDecember 02, 2024Japan, World Expo, museum, teamLab, teamLab Planets, Osaka, Tokyo, Fukui, Okinawa, dinosaurs, Hokkaido, Sapporo, Hakodate, Miyagi, Sendai, Fukushima, Aomori, Hirosaki, Iwate, Morioka, Yamagata, Yonezawa, Akita, Harajuku, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Ibaraki, Mito, Gunma, Tochigi, Ishikawa, Kanazawa, Toyama, Nagoya, Aichi, Chubu, Hokuriku, Toyota, Shizuoka, Niigata, Gifu, Yamanashi, Kobe, Hyogo, Kyoto, Mie, Shiga, Nara, Wakayama, Himeji, Chugoku, Shikoku, Hiroshima, Okayama, Ehime, Yamaguchi, Kagawa, Tokushima, Kochi, Shimane, Tottori, Matsuyama, Matsue, Kyushu, Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Oita, Miyazaki, Saga, Naha, 20251 Comment

Japan in 2025: New and Upcoming Attractions

TravelDan BeauchampSeptember 30, 2024Fukui, Dinosaur, Dinosaurs, Pokemon, Suchomimus, Tourism, Japan, Animatronic, Niger, Africa, Tokyo, Hokuriku, Hokuriku Shinkansen, Dragonite, Fukui Reporter, Nintendo, Crocodile, Dragon, Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur MuseumComment

Welcome Suchomimus: Fukui Station’s Dinosaur Makeover is Complete

The dinosaur is Fukui Station’s fifth and final animatronic.

TravelDan BeauchampSeptember 30, 2024Fukui, Dinosaur, Dinosaurs, Pokemon, Suchomimus, Tourism, Japan, Animatronic, Niger, Africa, Tokyo, Hokuriku, Hokuriku Shinkansen, Dragonite, Fukui Reporter, Nintendo, Crocodile, Dragon, Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur MuseumComment

Welcome Suchomimus: Fukui Station’s Dinosaur Makeover is Complete

First Look: Ueshima Museum

Kankuro Ueshima shares his impressive collection of contemporary art.

First Look: Japan’s New Banknotes

Who are the faces on the nation’s 2024 banknote series?

TravelDan BeauchampJune 26, 2024Japan, Yen, Travel, JET, Kyoto, Tokyo, Nagoya, Fukui, Matsumoto, Himeji, Himeji Castle, Social Media, Tourism, Overtourism, Mount Fuji, UNESCO, Singapore, COVID-19, COVID, Coronavirus, Osaka, Aichi, Okinawa, Anime, Fukui Reporter1 Comment

The Future of Tourism in Japan

A weak yen is changing Japanese society, prompting pushback and new ideas.

TravelDan BeauchampJune 26, 2024Japan, Yen, Travel, JET, Kyoto, Tokyo, Nagoya, Fukui, Matsumoto, Himeji, Himeji Castle, Social Media, Tourism, Overtourism, Mount Fuji, UNESCO, Singapore, COVID-19, COVID, Coronavirus, Osaka, Aichi, Okinawa, Anime, Fukui Reporter1 Comment

A Visual History of Mount Fuji

Exploring the symbolism of Japan’s most famous mountain.

ArtDan BeauchampMarch 06, 2024Hiroshi Nagai, Nagai, Painting, Albums, Music, Japan, Japanese Art, Exhibition, Tokyo, Tokushima, Summer, City Pop, Vaporwave, Economy, 80s, Showa, Collage, Nostalgia, Dan in Japan, The Journey Begins, A Long Vacation, Guam, Hawaii, Los Angeles, Great RecessionComment

Artist Hiroshi Nagai, Painter of ‘80s Paradise

The Japanese illustrator is enjoying a resurgence amid retro nostalgia.

ArtDan BeauchampMarch 06, 2024Hiroshi Nagai, Nagai, Painting, Albums, Music, Japan, Japanese Art, Exhibition, Tokyo, Tokushima, Summer, City Pop, Vaporwave, Economy, 80s, Showa, Collage, Nostalgia, Dan in Japan, The Journey Begins, A Long Vacation, Guam, Hawaii, Los Angeles, Great RecessionComment

Artist Hiroshi Nagai, Painter of ‘80s Paradise

First Look: TeamLab Borderless Azabudai Hills

The world’s most popular single-artist museum returns.

TravelDan BeauchampFebruary 12, 2024Japan, Travel, Tokyo, Kyoto, Nagoya, Osaka, teamLab, Ghibli Park, Nintendo, Sauna, Sento, Kobe, Fukui, Hokuriku, Hokuriku ShinkansenComment

Japan in 2024: New and Upcoming Attractions

Discover the nation’s new and updated highlights.

TravelDan BeauchampFebruary 12, 2024Japan, Travel, Tokyo, Kyoto, Nagoya, Osaka, teamLab, Ghibli Park, Nintendo, Sauna, Sento, Kobe, Fukui, Hokuriku, Hokuriku ShinkansenComment

Japan in 2024: New and Upcoming Attractions

ArtDan BeauchampJanuary 31, 2024Mona Lisa, Leonardo Da Vinci, Leonardo, Da Vinci, Paris, COVID-19, COVID, France, Labor, Tokyo, Glass Onion, Film, Louvre, Painting, Portrait, Portraiture, Meme, Jeff Bezos, Jeff Koons, Marcel Duchamp, Duchamp, Beyoncé, Beyonce, Consumerism, Social Media, Florence, BanksyComment

Mona Lisa in the 21st Century

Should we still care about the world’s most famous painting?

ArtDan BeauchampJanuary 31, 2024Mona Lisa, Leonardo Da Vinci, Leonardo, Da Vinci, Paris, COVID-19, COVID, France, Labor, Tokyo, Glass Onion, Film, Louvre, Painting, Portrait, Portraiture, Meme, Jeff Bezos, Jeff Koons, Marcel Duchamp, Duchamp, Beyoncé, Beyonce, Consumerism, Social Media, Florence, BanksyComment

ArtDan BeauchampJanuary 17, 2024Japan, Japanese Art, Architecture, 2024, Tokyo, Kyoto, Frank Lloyd Wright, Wright, Design, Takashi Murakami, Edo Period, Edo, Keiichi TanaamiComment

Top 3 Art Exhibitions to See in Japan in 2024

Relevant, timely, and ambitious: these shows are unmissable.

ArtDan BeauchampJanuary 17, 2024Japan, Japanese Art, Architecture, 2024, Tokyo, Kyoto, Frank Lloyd Wright, Wright, Design, Takashi Murakami, Edo Period, Edo, Keiichi TanaamiComment

Top 3 Art Exhibitions to See in Japan in 2024

ArtDan BeauchampDecember 20, 2023Kusama, Yayoi Kusama, Tokyo, Osaka, Art, Contemporary Art, Fashion, Louis Vuitton, Nudity, Performance Art, War, Sex, Gender, Violence, Self-Obliteration, Venice, Venice Biennale, New York, New York City, Painting, DotsComment

The Self-Obliteration of Yayoi Kusama

With Louis Vuitton, the world’s most popular artist paints the finishing touches on her legacy.

ArtDan BeauchampDecember 20, 2023Kusama, Yayoi Kusama, Tokyo, Osaka, Art, Contemporary Art, Fashion, Louis Vuitton, Nudity, Performance Art, War, Sex, Gender, Violence, Self-Obliteration, Venice, Venice Biennale, New York, New York City, Painting, DotsComment

Travel, ArtDan BeauchampDecember 04, 2023Kyoto, Japan, Travel, Cuisine, Art, Food, World War II, World War 2, Yasaka, Gion, Shrine, Shrines, Temple, Temples, Shinto, Buddhism, Tokyo, UNESCO, Tea, teamLab, Nintendo, Mario, Museum, OvertourismComment

Travel Guide: Kyoto

Kyoto is a historic city of refined culture and beauty.

Travel, ArtDan BeauchampDecember 04, 2023Kyoto, Japan, Travel, Cuisine, Art, Food, World War II, World War 2, Yasaka, Gion, Shrine, Shrines, Temple, Temples, Shinto, Buddhism, Tokyo, UNESCO, Tea, teamLab, Nintendo, Mario, Museum, OvertourismComment

First Look: Azabudai Hills

Japan’s tallest building is finally open.