Aysel brought out her candles wrapped in stretch wrap and put them on the coffee table in the middle of our interview. She was very proud of showing her ...

Dear readers and followers you may have noticed that in the last years, activity on this blog has become less, while the content of what has been ...

Article begins When I, as a new graduate student, first walked into Renato’s office in Fall 1983, I could not help noticing that it was full of ...

The Nippon Steel SGL Stadium Amagasaki opened on March 1, 2025 as the home ball park for the Hanshin Tigers farm team, known as 二軍 (ni-gun, 2-gun), the ...

Visual Anthropology of Japan - 日本映像人類学: Funny digital manipulated photo of Toyko Dome Stadium prohibitions which includes the Hanshin ...

Article begins Curated Collections highlight articles published in the last decade from our AnthroSource archives that speak to urgent issues in ...

Orihara Shoten is a liquor shop and a "standing drink bar" usually known as 立ち呑み屋 (tachinomiya). This shop many shelves with various kinds of alcohol and ...

Article begins We write at a moment when the violence of war is reverberating across regions, institutions, and everyday life. Ongoing wars in ...

In the Spirit of Research Based Art, Art Based Research and Good Anthropology... The Visual Anthropology of Japan (VAoJ) website is for educational ...

There has been an outpouring of grief among Shi‘i Muslims across the world at the death of Ayatollah Khamenei. An anthropology of geopolitics that ...