Japan travel tips 7/28/2015 outdoor art,Manners&Mt. Fuji

Tokyo is filled with museums, alternative art galleries and exhibitions. But that doesn’t mean you need to pay to see some of the best art in the city – heck, to see these pieces, you don’t even have to go indoors. Here’s our list of some of the best outdoor art around town.

Chopsticks is the main eating utensil in Japan. In 2013, Japanese cuisine was entered on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list and became even better recognized worldwide.

Two hundred years ago, farmers of the Yamakoshi village in Niigata were breeding black carps (called magoi in Japanese) in the lakes used for rice field irrigation.

Mt. Fuji is full of the spirit of Japanese since long ago so it may be drawn in many old art scrolls. You can see it anytime online but we really want you to “live” this beautiful scenery for yourself, together with Japanese culture.

Jo Social Sake bar is located in Pontocho, which is one of the Hanamachi in Kyoto. Hanamachi means “flower town” and is the Japanese geisha district. There are five Hanamachi areas in Kyoto, referred to as Gokagai; Gion Koubu, Gion Higashi, Kamishichiken, Miyagawacho, and Pontocho.