Osaka Postcard Hunt

By Jason P. Smith, spring 1997 (Updated Jan. 14, 2024) The first weekend in February I made a trip to Osaka to check…

Old postcards are on cutting edge of collecting

In the late 1990s, we had an English-speaking postcard collectors’ club in Tokyo called the Postcard and Paper Collectible Club of Japan founded…

Nikon Museum opens

The new Nikon Museum has opened on the second floor of Nikon’s head office in Shinagawa, Tokyo. It is to mark the 100th anniversary of…

Sayoko Yamaguchi exhibition at MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART TOKYO

Excellent exhibition about super fashion model Sayoko Yamaguchi now at the MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART TOKYO in Kiba until June 28, 2015. Titled…

Selfie sticks catching on in Japan

Would you believe that the selfie stick (called jidoribo in Japanese 自撮り棒) was invented by a Japanese man about 30 years ago? The…

CP+ 2015 Yokohama Camera Show

Went to see Japan’s largest camera show that is CP+ 2015 in Yokohama on Feb. 14, 2015. Good weather, no snow, and lots…
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