Gyaru fashion and style, a vibrant Japanese subculture that first emerged in the 90s, is making a well-deserved fashionable ...

wrote these words about 90 years ago in his essay, "In Praise of Shadows." Known as a masterpiece that elucidates Japanese aesthetics from the perspective of light and dark, his work continues to ...

(scroll down for syllabus and links to images and suggested readings) Description: Japan can be characterized as a nation ... Two short essays, approximately 1,000 words (4 pages) in length, will be ...

This report presents the most relevant information on aesthetic medicine in Japan. It provides an overview of the most performed surgical and non-surgical cosmetic procedures in the country.

In this path breaking book, Eiko Ikegami uncovers a complex history of social life in which aesthetic images became central to Japan's cultural identities. The people of premodern Japan built on ...