Today, I’m bringing you back to Megijima to continue showing you the new art of the island this year for the Setouchi Triennale 2016. So, here is where we went after visiting the Oni Cave. Megijima’s Moai If you’re confused as to why there’s such a statue on […]
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Today, I will tell you about the 24 Eyes movie village on Shodoshima. But first of all a few explanations of what lies beneath this odd appellation. Let’s start with Sakae Tsuboi. She was a writer native from Shodoshima, and in 1952, she wrote 24 Eyes (二十四の瞳 Nijū-shi no […]
Just a Godzilla poster, because, hey; this is Japan! I don’t know if it’s an original or not, but I suspect it is, as I found it in a small Japanese cinema museum on Shōdoshima.
Tonight, I watched Kikujiro (Kikujirō no Natsu – 菊次郎の夏) by Takeshi Kitano. It was actually my second time watching it. The first time was almost four years ago, when I was just starting getting interested in Japan. From Kitano, then, I only knew Sonatine (possibly the first Japanese film I […]