Stories
Osaka Sculpture Tour: Walking Nishitenma's Hidden Art Galleries
Between Osaka's office towers and its older, quieter streets, five galleries and a sushi counter named after the seventy-two microseasons.
Walking Osaka's Contemporary Galleries: Nakanoshima and Beyond
Between the rivers that bracket Nakanoshima, where Osaka's civic architecture meets its quieter commercial streets, a handful of galleries have been reshaping what contemporary art means outside Tokyo.
A Department Store Full of Art: Walking from Namba to Shinsaibashi
The escalator at Takashimaya Osaka rises past the same things it always has — leather goods, a perfume counter releasing its scent into the stairwell, a family arguing gently about where to eat lunch. Then, just inside the ground floor, a wall of paintings stops a few customers mid-stride: robots and rocket ships in colors too saturated for a department store, Kinugasa Taisuke's work, loud and unbothered by the seriousness usually expected of art. Most people keep walking. The escalator keeps moving.
Discover Osaka's Photography Scene: A Gallery Walk from Shinsaibashi to Riverside
A half-day drift through the photography spaces tucked between Osaka's garment district and its western canal, where small galleries keep the city's relationship with the photographic image alive.