The Japan Foundation distributes videos introducing the wide world of Japanese Art and Culture to people in Japan and abroad.

A new series on ways to approach and understand Buddhist imagery begins with this overview of the statues to be found in Japan’s temples and the history of their creation.

Art In Japan, Enormous Straw Sculptures Pop Up After Annual Rice Harvest The Wara Art Festival was founded as a solution to the Niigata farming community’s excess of unused rice straw.

The Sculpture Center's survey of contemporary Japanese fiber art packs a visual wallop that goes beyond the small size of the 50 works on view.

From towering Star Wars sculptures and a 100-meter-long snow slide to food and parties, the annual Sapporo Snow Festival has long been a major tourism magnet for Japan’s northernmost prefecture ...

SAPPORO, JAPAN: Every year, tens of thousands of tourists flock to the snow festival in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo, attracted by some 200 large, but intricate ice sculptures.

A viral video purportedly showing a stunning kinetic water sculpture in Japan -- a head positioned horizontally with gushing water forming its "hair" -- was viewed more than 50 million times ...

Koshiro is one of Japans first abstract artists and HOMA has the largest public collection of the work outside of Japan.