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Romantic antique obi with embroidered oshidori (mandarin ducks lovebirds) and shidarezakura (weeping cherry blossoms). This shade of pink paired with with the sleek satin silk ground must look so pretty irl!

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From July 1st to August 27th [2023], the Nagano Prefectural Museum of Art @naganoartmuseum will hold the exhibition “Katsushika Hokusai and the Three Shinanos - Obuse, Suwa, Matsumoto”. In addition to introducing the full picture of Hokusai’s painting career, it provides an overview of his later years in Obuse through works related to Kamimachi and Higashimachi festival floats and Ganshoin’s ceiling painting “Phoenix”. Exploring Shinano for Hokusai, including Suwa and Matsumoto. Text by Ota Memorial Museum of Art

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Coming soon: Flying taxis at 2025 World Expo

Kyodo News | 22 February 2023

ANA Holdings Inc., Japan Airlines Co. and three other companies have been selected to operate air taxi services during the 2025 World Exposition to be held in Osaka in western Japan, the event's organizer said Tuesday.

Japan wants the "flying cars" to be one of the main attractions at the expo, with the next-generation mobility expected to provide access to the event venue to be set up on an artificial island in Osaka Bay.

ANA Holdings, the parent of All Nippon Airways Co., will partner with U.S. startup Joby Aviation Inc., a company in which Toyota Motor Corp. has a stake.

Other companies selected as operators are SkyDrive Inc., based in Aichi Prefecture, and trading firm Marubeni Corp.

Naoki Okada, minister in charge of the World Expo 2025, said he hopes the technology will "surprise" people around the world.

He also called on the five companies to cooperate on demonstration flights prior to the start of the 184-day event.

The flying cars, which will carry two to five people each, will connect the three areas of the exposition venue on Yumeshima, central Osaka city, and nearby Kansai International Airport.

Their flight routes, landing and takeoff areas are to be determined.

ANA Holdings will operate a five-seat vertical takeoff and landing aircraft developed by Joby Aviation.

In October, the California-based company applied for its aircraft design to be certified for use in Japan.

JAL will operate two-rider aircraft developed by German firm Volocopter GmbH, while Marubeni will operate five-seater aircraft created by Vertical Aerospace Group Ltd., a British company, after reserving in January delivery slots for 25 of them.

SkyDrive is looking to get a type certificate for its two-rider aircraft, still in development, before the exposition.

Meanwhile, the operator of the takeoff and landing sites at the exposition venue on Yumeshima will be Orix Corp., according to the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition.

The World Expo 2025 will last from April 13 through October 13 under the theme "Designing Future Society for Our Lives."

==Kyodo

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Photos of the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893.

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Environmental Impact Assessment for 2025 Japan World Exposition

The Draft Environmental Impact Assessment for the 2025 Japan World Exposition has been released and is accepting written comments until November 15. After reading the contents, I was dismayed by its shoddiness. The gist of my opinion is as follows.

As an international exposition, a long-term natural regeneration plan for Yumeshima and the Bay Area should be set forth. The goal should not be to reduce the impact on the environment, but to show in concrete terms how the expo’s goal of “a future society where life shines” will deal with biodiversity. It should clearly state what will be done to increase the biodiversity of Yumeshima even more than it already is. In addition, it should

1. Impacts on plants, animals, and ecosystems should be quantitatively assessed

2. measures to avoid or reduce environmental impacts should be clearly stated.

3. Multiple proposals for avoiding and reducing environmental impacts should be presented and compared.

4. A consultative committee including the government, citizens and experts should be established to build consensus on mitigation of environmental impacts as the site plan progresses.

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Exposition universelle de 1900 - Paris, Le Palais de l'électricité, unknown artist, circa 1900.

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Ferris wheel. World's Columbian Exposition (also known as the Chicago World's Fair) 1893

Source: Library of Congress

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Saigyo by Ogata Gekkō, early 20th century

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I believe that Ukiyo-e is an important content for understanding Japanese culture.

I rooting for the Osaka Expo.

In the future, we also plan to share information about the history of expos that Japan has participated in.

Would you like to get to know Japan too?

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Kyosui

"Women's ceremony poetry contest"

暁翠 「女礼式歌合」

The ladies are having fun playing traditional games.

Will it be spring? Plum blossoms are blooming in the left garden.

Even a beautiful kimono is like a spring landscape.

Kawanabe Kyōsui is the daughter of Kawanabe Kyōsai.

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Yōshū Chikanobu

"A Lady of the Tokugawa Era ~Picking Spring Greens~"

揚州周延「徳川時代貴婦人之図 ～春菜摘み～」

Noble women are picking spring wildflowers.

Will it be mugwort or Horsetail?

The basket of hands is cute.

In the distance, pink flowers and small birds are flying like singing, conveying the tranquil atmosphere of spring.

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Jizo

7 o'clock in the morning.

This is a Jizo shrine. We call them Jizo-sama.

They quietly watch over children going to school and busy adults on the road.

Oh yeah, Jizo also protects people who come to travel!

Someone arranges beautiful flowers every day.

Today is burnable garbage collection day. Because Jizo-sama is watching, the crow is also a good boy. The roads are always beautiful here.