visual culture - exhibit & outdoor art

Beginning June 10 at the Siebold museum for Japanese Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands; announcement with photos here (in Dutch),
http://www.sieboldhuis.org/tentoonstellingen/detail/te_mooi_om_weg_te_gooien._verpakkingsdesing_uit_japan

Title translates "Too beautiful to throw away - package design in Japan"

curious bus stops, Nagasaki prefecture

Seen this week at Atlas Obscura, where the search word 'japan' brings up a variety of curious photo stories.

This town near Nagasaki is peppered with fruit-flavored bus stops.
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/konagai-japan-fruit-shaped-bus-stops

visual treat - cultural landscape

The group of images for the matsuri food vendor stalls, the family crests, and the decorative envelops all can be shared and used for discussion among students.

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theme, "typology" (sets of related images)

[kanban, stall signs at festival time]
Many festivals are held in summer in Japan. There are lots of street stalls, and each shop has colorful shop curtain. --Kotoko Nomoto
   https://www.flickr.com/photos/141902803@N02/26483406363

[kamon, family crests]
Japanese family emblems.   --Hikaru Kokami
   https://www.flickr.com/photos/141814370@N02/26481713914

[kinpu, money envelops]
This envelope is used celebrating event. For example wedding ceremony. If you use them, you have to follow the manners. --Minami Takagi
   https://www.flickr.com/photos/141842068@N06/27053979456