Frank

Guide and Japan Travel Specialist in the Greater Tokyo Area

[Frank @fwitkam]

@LeMarmieux @GearoidReidy So what is your job beside writing sarcastic replies to people working real jobs in Japan? Does it hurt to find out what you’ve seen in youtube and tiktok videos might not be completely true after all?

[Frank @fwitkam]

@Markiparki @tokyoreporter You should visit the shonan coast sometime.

[Frank @fwitkam]

@phx787 You dont need to buy a ticket in advance to sit in the green car. You can just buy it when the conductor comes by (for a slightly higher rate). Japanese people do it all the time too.

[オランダ語圏のグラフィックノベル翻訳者🇳🇱川野夏実 @Natsumi_nl]

『ハチクマの帰還』推しポイント動画を作りました。恥ずかしいなどと言っていられない残り日数になって参りましたので、皆様、どうか拡散お願い致します。さも次々と上げていくような言い方をしてしまいましたが、これ１本取るだけで息切れしています。不慣れなもので、次回作は気長にお待ちください…

[オランダ語圏のグラフィックノベル翻訳者🇳🇱川野夏実 @Natsumi_nl]

メール登録にご協力いただいた皆様のおかげで、いよいよ来週からクラファンをスタートできることになりました。ありがとうございます。達成できるか不安でいっぱいですが、全力で駆け抜けたいと思います。開始まであと1週間、ぜひメール登録と拡散にご協力お願いいたします。https://t.co/jgUywUVrCr

[Frank @fwitkam]

My former colleague Rebekah at the Tokyo National Museum started a youtube channel. Her first video is a passionate and insightful analysis of Japanese surcoats in the tv series Shogun and the original ones in museum collections. Highly recommended!

[まるお2号🇯🇵（羊の皮を被った猫） @maruon22]

辞めたいお経

[Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto]

🪦📿THE WONDERS OF CANAL STREET🧟‍♂️👋

Horikawa-dori (堀川通) runs for 8km through the heart of Kyōto, from the Kamo River in the north down to Kyōto Station. As the street's name suggests the original road followed 1 of 2 great canals dug to transport lumber into the new capital.

[Frank @fwitkam]

@Bec_Edo @Occidental Congratulations!

[Frank @fwitkam]

@Chaos_Alfa @writerofscratch These girls were responsible, so called yuna 湯女, “bathing girls” who engaged in sex work. They were often depicted in early ukiyo-e paintings from the 17th century.

[Frank @fwitkam]

@toranosukev Congratulations, Travis!

[Tokyo National Museum (IR) @TNM_IR_EN]

Two women in splendid kimonos are shown admiring a cat. Their garments are in a classical ukiyo-e style, but their appearance is more modern and realistic.

Kobayashi Eitaku, Women Admiring a Cat, 19th century
Until March 19 in Room 18 (Japanese Gallery)
#TokyoNationalMuseum #TNM

[Frank @fwitkam]

@MKinTokyo Weekenders in Kagurazaka

[Frank @fwitkam]

@wrathofgnon The sculpture is currently held at the Tokyo National Museum and displayed once every few years.

[Tokyo National Museum (IR) @TNM_IR_EN]

Loving someone you don't trust is as futile as writing on water, a woman writes in a poem to her unfaithful lover in an episode from Tales of Ise.

Matabei, The Writing on Water Episode from Tales of Ise, 17th c.
Until Dec 25 in Room 8 (Japanese Gallery)
#TokyoNationalMuseum #TNM

[Tokyo National Museum (IR) @TNM_IR_EN]

The Gō Seinosuke Netsuke Collection

In 1942, Gō Seinosuke (1865–1942) donated his netsuke collection to TNM. This exhibition is a rare opportunity to view this fine collection in its entirety.

Until January 22 in Room 12 (Japanese Gallery)
#TokyoNationalMuseum #TNM #Ondisplay

[Tokyo National Museum (IR) @TNM_IR_EN]

This print depicts ghosts from the stories of Hayashiya Shōzō (1780–1842), the first rakugo (storytelling) performer to tell ghost stories.

Kuniyoshi, "Haunted House by Hayashiya Shōzō" from the Series One Hundred Ghost Stories, 19th century
#TokyoNationalMuseum #TNM #Halloween

[Tokyo National Museum (IR) @TNM_IR_EN]

Souls of the deceased are stripped of their clothes by the hag Datsueba (top right), judged by Enma in the center, and saved by Jizō (top left).

Kawanabe Kyōsai, Heaven and Hell, 19th c.
On display until Nov 13 in Room 18 (Japanese Gallery)
#TokyoNationalMuseum #TNM #Ondisplay