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Jun 22, 2024 | 
japantimes.co.jp | Lance Henderstein
Rounding a corner on the lilting road that leads from the port in Tokashiki to Aharen Beach — Route 186, bisecting the island of Tokashiki, the largest of the Kerama Islands from northeast-to-southwest — my 50-something driver, Koji Yoshida, notices me craning my neck as the island’s namesake beach comes into view. “You wanna stop for pictures?” he asks in Japanese. “Is that all right?” I ask him, revealing in my tone that I do.
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May 24, 2024 | 
japantimes.co.jp | Lance Henderstein
For 60 years, 85-year-old photographer Daido Moriyama has been influencing photographers around the world with his prolific output of gritty, urban imagery and commitment to sharing his work via self-publishing.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
japantimes.co.jp | Lance Henderstein
If you were to exit the main train station in Kotohira earlier this month, you would have been greeted by thousands of colorful nobori (banners) lining the streets that lead to the town’s famed Konpira Shrine. The man behind these nobori is fourth-generation artisan Atsuhiko Ohno, 44, of Sensho Yoshinoya. His family’s studio has been making art for kabuki festivals and traditional ceremonies since 1919.
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Apr 14, 2024 | 
japantimes.co.jp | Lance Henderstein
If you were to exit the main train station in Kotohira earlier this month, you would have been greeted by thousands of colorful nobori (banners) lining the streets that lead to the town’s famed Konpira Shrine. The man behind these nobori is fourth-generation artisan Atsuhiko Ohno, 44, of Somesho Yoshinoya. His family’s studio has been making art for kabuki festivals and traditional ceremonies since 1919.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
japantimes.co.jp | Lance Henderstein |Shaun Mckenna |Dave Cortez
This week on Deep Dive we get contributing writer and photographer Lance Henderstein to read us his article on traveling Okinawa during the rainy season.
Hosted by Shaun McKenna and produced by Dave Cortez.
On this episode:
Shaun McKenna: Articles | Twitter | Instagram
Lance Henderstein: Articles | Instagram | Threads
Read/Listen more:
My annual pilgrimage to Okinawa (Lance Henderstein, The Japan Times)
Akiko Mizuno: ‘Time moves forward.
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Jan 19, 2024 | 
japantimes.co.jp | Lance Henderstein
To enter Ryoji Ikeda’s major exhibition in Helsinki, visitors first descend the white staircase of the Amos Rex museum into a brightly lit foyer. From there, they pass into the dim confines of a 2,200-square-meter domed underground gallery space. This transition from light to darkness induces a brief feeling of sensory deprivation as the eyes adjust.
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Jan 10, 2024 | 
networthynews.com | Lance Henderstein
ByLance HendersteinGhosts of kids playing in the living-room. Spirits that pull the unwary to a watery death. Divine beings that come down from the mountains to penalize those who do not pull their weight. These are a few of the animals that populate the folktales of Tohoku, the northern most area on the primary island of Japan, where a separated location, extreme environment, and catastrophes supplied fodder for the creativities of those who live there.
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Dec 29, 2023 | 
japantimes.co.jp | Mara Budgen |Melissa Ge |Lance Henderstein |Anika Exum
In a year without a global pandemic dominating the zeitgeist, it seemed that the usual suspects — war, economic hardship and climate change — took center stage once again. In front of this backdrop, our interviewees this year gave a lot of advice for living a good life and paying attention to the things that matter most. Here are some of the best 20 Questions responses in 2023. How can photography help people become aware of nature’s fragility and the need to protect it?
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Dec 19, 2023 | 
artreview.com | Lance Henderstein
Mori Art Museum in Tokyo commemorated its 20th anniversary with a group exhibition reframing art through familiar school subjectsThis exhibition commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Mori Art Museum in the Roppongi neighbourhood of Tokyo. It presents itself as an attempt to reframe contemporary art through eight familiar school subjects, among them ‘Language and Literature’, ‘Social Studies’, ‘Philosophy’ and even ‘Physical Education’.
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Nov 3, 2023 | 
japantimes.co.jp | Lance Henderstein
Artist Yukimasa Ida’s first major museum exhibition, “Panta Rhei: For as long as the world turns,” at Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art (on view through Dec. 3), presents the 33-year-old painter taking another big step in his wildly successful career. The Tottori-born artist, a graduate of Tokyo University of the Arts and son of sculptor and Yonagi Sculpture Symposium founder, Katsumasa Ida, first gained major recognition in 2016, winning the Contemporary Art Foundation Award’s special jury prize.
