Fukuoka. A strange visual effect here that makes the buildings in the sea seem in the air. 2015. #Tall #BlueskyArtShow #urbangaze #EastCoastKin @bskyphotos.bsky.social

Yokohama #2. 2025 #Tall #BlueskyArtShow #urbangaze #EastCoastKin @bskyphotos.bsky.social

Industrial Japan. Kawasaki in Sakaide. #Setouchi #seascape @bskyphotos.bsky.social

Finnish photographer Claire Aho brought a remarkable colour eye to photography in the 1950s and 60s. These large scale prints seen and admired at an exhibition at Hundred Heroines, Nailsworth, England.

Regina Relang (1906-1989) was a German fashion photographer and photojournalist born in Stuttgart, Germany. The daughter of painter Paul Lang and textile designer Minna Lang-Kurz, her upbringing clearly influenced her photography which is known for its glamour and playfulness. @hundredheroines.org

Regina Relang (1906-1989) was a German fashion photographer and photojournalist born in Stuttgart, Germany. The daughter of painter Paul Lang and textile designer Minna Lang-Kurz, her upbringing clearly influenced her photography which is known for its glamour and playfulness. @hundredheroines.org

Finnish photographer Claire Aho brought a remarkable colour eye to photography in the 1950s and 60s. These large scale prints seen and admired at an exhibition at Hundred Heroines, Nailsworth, England.

Industrial Japan. Kawasaki in Sakaide. #Setouchi #seascape @bskyphotos.bsky.social

Yokohama #2. 2025 #Tall #BlueskyArtShow #urbangaze #EastCoastKin @bskyphotos.bsky.social

Yokohama. 2025 #tall #blueskyartshow #urbangaze #eck #japan @bskyphotos.bsky.social

コッツウォルズの穏やかな美しい朝

Tsushima Shrine. 津嶋神社 本殿 オフシーズン中はこんな感じで封印されてます。 #Kagawa #Japantravel #Shikoku

Stones covered by moss in a mystical spot in the forest. #forestfriday #Stunday #EastCoastKin #photography #landscapephotography #naturephotography #forest #trees #blueskyartshow @bskyphotos.bsky.social#forestfriday

Kiyoshi Kurosawa's The Samurai and the Prisoner (黒牢) was a critical success in Cannes this week. But like many great directors he started off by making pink films. His Kandagawa Pervert Wars (Japanese: 神田川淫乱戦争 was released in 1981.

As eight o'clock struck the flautist started to play. But this was no ordinary instrument. It was made of stone. In Kagawa there is a tradition of making musical instruments from Sanukite a rock formed by volcanic activity approximately 13 to 15 million years ago.

A growing number of EU members are calling for Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to be sanctioned for his treatment of activists detained while attempting to break the country’s naval blockade of Gaza.

The article's 'seven unmissable wonders' in Japan includes Naoshima, the art and Tadao Ando's architecture. #Setouchi #setoinlandsea www.cntraveller.com/article/7-wo...

【日本昔話のような、おにぎり山といえば「飯野山」】 香川のおにぎり山といえば「飯野山(いいのやま)」。 「讃岐七富士」のひとつでテレビアニメのまんが日本昔ばなしに出てくるような小さな山々が目を惹きます。 香川県内に同じような形状の山が7つあり、まとめて「讃岐七富士」とも呼ばれています。

I'm emotional just watching the trailer! A trailer for Kore-eda's new film Sheep In The Box 箱の中の羊. youtu.be/g9B_DOrir-s?...

Reviewed from the 2026 Cannes Film Festival Koreedas latest film extends grace to all its characters, including AI robots, with a cloying story of bereaved parents who decide to create a humanoid version of their deceased son. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

The work of Czech animator, Jan Švankmajer. His short film Jabberwocky has direct links to the aesthetics of Japanese ball-jointed doll culture and an overall Victorian aesthetic. Please excuse the opening scenes...sorry...but the animation is exemplary. youtu.be/8F1anpTxkmQ?...

Japan's Visual Counter Culture. Yumiko Utsu (b 1978) Octopus Portrait. She took up photography in the 1990s and like many women photographers of this era, has stepped away from traditional Japanese photographic techniques and has moved into the surreal.

Jacqueline Hassink (1966-2018) Funda-in 1 [Subtemple of Tofuku-ji], Kyoto, 2008 This is taken from View, Kyoto, a photo essay exploring traditional Japanese gardens at the city’s temples.

Nobuyoshi Araki (b.1940) Photo Maniac's Diary [Watermelon on the Rooftop], 1991. Shot both in colour and b/w on a Tokyo rooftop.

【四国香川県丸亀市は「骨付鳥」発祥の地です】 丸亀といえば「骨付鳥」。 手づかみで豪快にかぶりつく「骨付鳥」はさぬきうどんに次ぐ香川県のソウルフードに。実は丸亀市は日本でも珍しい「骨付鳥」専門店が数多くある「骨付鳥」発祥の地♪

Bizarrely the novel didn't make @theguardian.com 100 best novels of all time. I first read it while working in Didcot Power Station, deep in the turbine that had broken down. Another slant on the absurdity of life.

I watched The Devil's Backbone El epinanazo del diablo for the first time in 20 years. An early Guillermo del Toro - beautifully shot and art directed. Performances strong but the horror doesn't quite come off for me. It needs more gothic chill, suspense, and a bit more of a cliffhanger at the end.

Japanese culture versus counter-culture 📷Tokyo Rumando (b.1980) Orphée, 2012-2013. 📷Girly photo generation and the photo booth. 2001.

岡田紅陽, Okada Kōyō; 1895–1972 is famous for his devotion to taking views of Fuji-san. So this image of a bath house is unusual in his oeuvre. Dates from c1950.

Seike Tomio (b.1943) Waterscape #16, 1999 and Waterscape #19 2001.

Okada Koyo (1895-1972) Mt Fuji in the Clouds, c.1950 This print originally formed part of an album published by Okada circa 1960s.

Japanese visual culture vs counter culture. 👘Yukino Kishii is wearing a Louis Vuitton balloon dress on this year's Cannes Red Carpet. 👘The counter culture is the balloon dress that can forms a key part of the Japanese Lolita silhouette. This example from Atelier Boz, released in 2008.

VALIE EXPORT 1940-1926 A very sad loss from the art world. 🖤🖤🖤 We'll be paying tribute this weekend with a special 🏛️ display.

Normandy, France. 2008 #classicmono #blackandwhite #photography #sea #eastcoastkin #blueskyartshow @bskyphotos.bsky.social#classicmono

The Fantasy behind Typhoon Club 台風クラブ. Directed by 相米 慎二, Sōmai Shinji. A film sometimes grouped into the Lost Decade of Japanese Cinema. "Somai’s beloved cult film Typhoon Club is widely heralded as the director’s seminal feature and considered to be one of the greatest Japanese films ever made."

The baby-doll dress was a source of moral panic long before Olivia Rodrigo’s latest outfit, Valerie Trapp argues. She writes about the history of this short, flowy garment:

Otaru. 2002. #Hokkaido #Japantravel #fishingharbour @bskyphotos.bsky.social

A wooden house in Otaru photographed in 2022. #Hokkaido #Japantravel #architecture @bskyphotos.bsky.social

I've visited Otaru twice with a seventeen year gap in between. had it changed? Enormously. For a start Gary from Nuneaton was no longer there. Nor were the Russians or the North Koreans. The link to my illustrated essay is in the comments. #Japantravel #Hokkaido #japanesefood

Tattooed arm. Paris 2026.

The Bastille district of Paris. 2026. #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #bnw #classicmono #bw #b&w #bnwphotography #history #architecture #streetphotography #streetphoto #photography #travel #travelphotography #eck #blueskyartshow

This photo was originally captioned "Japanese schoolgirls outside their home in Kyoto." It dates from April 1922, and it is assumed their mother is standing in the background. The design features of the house are typical of Kyoto.

香川がなぜ「うどん県」を名乗るのか？💙💛 #うどん県 #讃岐うどん

A look at the cult film Kamikaze Girls (下妻物語　ヤンキーちゃんとロリータちゃん) that was released in 2003 - with a link to a longer essay in the comments. Kamikaze Girls burst into the zeitgeist as a novel, a manga, and a film between 2002 and 2004.

And really cool photos too.

In 1922, HRH The Prince of Wales visited Japan. When he arrived he was met by Crown Prince Hirohito as the Emperor Taisho was too ill. (Though the Empress 貞明皇后, Teimei Kōgō was present.) These are photos of the two Princes... #RoyalFamily #EmperorShōwa #Sesshō #摂政

There is almost every type of modern home found here: a few detached houses of a 1970-80s style. Small detached units with four apartments, and then a wide range of apartment units with some reasonable quality manshon. I don't see luxury manshon nor modern well designed, prefab, detached homes.

A gentle sunset over Takamatsu - looking from Mt Yoshima. 2025 #Setouchi #Japan #eastcoastkin #photography The antithesis of #morning #blueskyartshow @bskyphotos.bsky.social#Setouchi

Eric Cantona at the Photocall for "Cantona" during the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival on Saturday 16 May 2026 at Palais des Festivals. #EricCantona #Cantona #ooahcantona Shot on @fujifilm_uk at #Cannes2026 @festival_cannes #monochrome #blackandwhite #fp8 #filmpack8 #dxo

Housing in Japan. Looking down on Yashima Nishimachi 屋島西町 Takamatsu. 2024. #Kagawa #Shikoku #Setouchi