Kim Kahan

1 month ago | japantimes.co.jp | Kim Kahan

The opaque door of the exhibition room slides open, silently revealing a ceramic goddess rising out of a reflective plinth. At her forehead, a lotus blossom, and below, the semblance of a hand grasping a flower as it curves upward. This figure, “The One Who Perceives the Sounds of the World Nuwa x Naga Maedaw, Shigaraki” by artist Soe Yu Nwe from Myanmar, is pottery with a purpose.

1 month ago | ra.co | Kim Kahan

Kinone Pension seems unassuming from the outside. The fenced-off property sits on an incline, encircled by a ring road running between Runway 1 and Runway 2 of Tokyo's Narita Airport. The sight of tarmac stretches as far as the eye can see, interrupted only by the occasional passing car. But enter the compound and you'll find a different reality entirely.

2 months ago | japantimes.co.jp | Kim Kahan

Sanya, a low-income neighborhood straddling Tokyo’s Taito and Arakawa wards, may be a name that some would like to forget — it was scrubbed from city maps in 1966 — but the kindness of its residents reverberates across the lives of many today. For 65-year-old Danny Matsumoto, it was the kindness of one person in particular whom he says saved his life. Born in Japan but raised in the U.S., Matsumoto was deported to Narita International Airport in 2019 after missing a probation appointment.

2 months ago | japantimes.co.jp | Kim Kahan

Floors seem to have played an important role in artist Takuro Tamayama’s life. One of his first jobs as a teenager involved mopping shop floors, and two of his current exhibitions include the word “floor” in their titles. The first of these is a gargantuan show currently on display at the Toyota Municipal Museum of Art in Aichi Prefecture. On view through May 18, it’s simply titled “Takuro Tamayama: Floor,” and marks the artist’s largest exhibition to date.

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Kim Kahan

‘No Packers, No Life’ profiles a special if unlikely allianceNo Packers, No Life is about the Wisconsin tradition of opening your door, and your heart, to your neighbors. Even the ones that live 6,000 miles …