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“This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.” ― Euripides, The Phoenician Women
Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Monday, August 19, 2019
In Japan, Anyone Can Have A Finger On The Button...
"Pushing the button" in Japan doesn't bring about nuclear armageddon, rather a smiling server who appears like a genii from the Arabian Nights but Japanese...
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Read the whole thing at TheLatest.com: https://thelatest.com/tlt/in-japan-anyone-can-have-a-finger-on-the-button-japan-restaurants-the-button-1566152982
Labels:
Japan,
restaurants,
servers,
the button,
tipping,
waiters
Monday, June 17, 2019
A Visit to Tokyo's Sempo Museum
If you ever happen to find yourself in downtown Tokyo, try to drop by the Sempo Museum for a few moments to pay tribute to the modest and courageous Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who saved the lives of thousands of Jewish refugees fleeing Hitler during the second World War.
Read the whole thing at TheLatest.com: https://thelatest.com/tlt/a-visit-tokyo-sempo-museum-holocaust-refugees-japan-1560796650
Saturday, June 15, 2019
Peter Miller: An American Printmaker in Japan
On a recent trip to Japan, I met Peter Miller, a master printmaker living and working in Kamakura, Japan, who shares his enchantment with people through black-and-white prints which blend Japanese aesthetics with American sensibility.
Read the whole thing at TheLatest.com: https://thelatest.com/tlt/peter-miller-an-american-printmaker-japan-japan-ansel-adams-hokusai-1560531104
Labels:
Ansel Adams,
Berkeley,
Columbia,
Daniel Bell,
Hokusai,
Japan,
Japanese Prints,
Nathan Glazer,
Photogravure,
Printmaking,
Sociology,
Stanford
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