Garden designer Kazuyuki Ishihara received a silver-gilt medal for his Tokonoma Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show.
Kazuyuki Ishihara's Tokonoma Garden earned the second-highest honor in the main Show Garden category.
The design was praised for its harmony and traditional beauty.
The award highlights ongoing cultural exchanges between Japan and the United Kingdom in gardening.
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Tokyo-based designer Noir Kei Ninomiya presented his fall 2026 ready-to-wear collection at Paris Fashion Week, blending dark goth elements with emerging floral motifs to convey positivity amid global sadness. The show featured spiky metal structures, ribcage-inspired pieces, and whimsical headpieces, soundtracked by a discordant cacophony. Backstage, Ninomiya emphasized escaping depression through passion.
Fresh from a V&A exhibition in London, Japanese designer Ryunosuke Okazaki showcased his Tokyo Fall 2026 collection on the runway. The show featured extraordinary exoskeletons that blend armor-like spikes with human tenderness, marking his first foray into ready-to-wear pieces.
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In Japan's Tohoku region, colorful seasonal flowers are blooming as a symbol of resilience in communities devastated by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. In Rikuzentakata city, Iwate Prefecture, a nonprofit organization is planting 17,000 cherry trees along a 170-kilometer stretch marking the tsunami's reach to preserve the disaster's memory for future generations. The initiative highlights efforts to educate about past events to prevent future losses.
An exhibition showcasing the unique and surreal works of mangaka Yoshiharu Tsuge is underway at the Chofu City Cultural Hall Tazukuri in Tokyo. The 88-year-old Tsuge, who has lived in Chofu for decades, saw a 2023 show on city depictions draw huge crowds. This reconfigured version is also attracting steady visitors daily.
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Early-blooming Kawazu cherry blossoms are now at their peak at Ibaraki Flower Park in Ishioka, Ibaraki Prefecture, creating a sea of pink across the grounds. On Saturday, many visitors strolled along paths lined with the sakura trees. The peak viewing period for the 250 Kawazu trees is expected to last until early March, with someiyoshino and yamazakura varieties following in bloom from March.