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Hatsune Miku/Hokusai exhibition in Tokyo lets you make your own Miku woodblock print
- Casey Baseel
Sep 18, 2026 - Tweet
Printing Museum hosts mini exhibition for crossover of virtual idol and ukiyo-e art.
- Japan
- (art • culture • exhibitions • Hatsune Miku • history • hokusai • Katsushika Hokusai • museums • ukiyo-e • virtual idols • vocaloids • woodblock prints)
Hatsune Miku collaborates with Hokusai’s art in new Vocaloid ukiyo-e illustration series [Pics]
- Casey Baseel
Jul 17, 2026
![Hatsune Miku collaborates with Hokusai’s art in new Vocaloid ukiyo-e illustration series [Pics]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/07/1_bfee47.jpg?w=640 "Hatsune Miku collaborates with Hokusai’s art in new Vocaloid ukiyo-e illustration series [Pics]")
The styles of six virtual idols, one modern-day illustrator, and one legend of Japanese art history come together in beautiful ways.
- Japan
- (anime • art • Hatsune Miku • hokusai • Katsushika Hokusai • manga • The Great Wave • The Great Wave off Kanagawa • Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji • ukiyo-e • virtual idols • woodblock paintings • woodblock prints)
Japan now has a “for foreign tourists only” Mt. Fuji sightseeing train[Video]
- Casey Baseel
Mar 24, 2026
Hokusai Special Train made its first run this month.
- Japan
- (Central Japan Railway Company • hokusai • Japan Railway Company • Japan travel • JR • JR Central • JTB • Katsushika Hokusai • Mt. Fuji • overtourism • Sunrise Tours • tourism • trains • travel)
Uniqlo Ukiyo-e Blue T-shirts: A cool-hued reinterpretation of some of Japan’s greatest paintings
- Casey Baseel
Dec 8, 2025
Collaboration with American art museum puts the works of Hokusai and Hiroshige in the Prussian blue spotlight.
- Japan
- (culture • Hiroshige • history • hokusai • Katsushika Hokusai • paintings • shirts • t-shirts • The Great Wave off Kanagawa • ukiyo-e • Uniqlo • UT • Utagawa Hiroshige • woodblock prints)
Masterpieces of Japanese art brought to you through cake and cookies
- Master Blaster
Sep 29, 2025
Inspiringly delicious.
- Japan
- (art • baumkuchen • culture • food • hokusai • Katsushika Hokusai • macarons • sweets • The Great Wave off Kanagawa • Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji • ukiyo-e • veautiful)
Cafe turns Japan’s most beautiful paintings into beautiful shaved ice dessert drinks【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 5, 2025
Refreshing Hokusai woodblock prints you can drink arrive in time for summer.
- Japan
- (Akafuji • art • beautiful • cafes • culture • drinks • Fine Wind Clear Morning • food • Great Wave off Kanagawa • hokusai • Katsushika Hokusai • paintins • restaurants • shaved ice • sweets • Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji • ukiyo-e • woodblock prints)
Uniqlo celebrates sumo with new line of historical sumo art T-shirts【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 29, 2025
100-year milestone brings you a way to incorporate sumo style into your wardrobe without wearing a loincloth.
- Japan
- (art • fashion • history • hokusai • Japan Sumo Association • Katsushika Hokusai • shirts • Sumo • t-shirts • ukiyo-e • Uniqlo • UT • Utagawa Hiroshige)
New Era combines with old eras for amazing hat collection based on Japanese painting masterpieces
- Casey Baseel
Jan 21, 2025
Legendary ukiyo-e and mythological icons part of the collaboration between New Era and the Tokyo National Museum.
- Japan
- (art • baseball caps • baseball hats • caps • culture • fashion • hats • history • hokusai • Katsushika Hokusai • museums • new era • The Great Wave off Kanagawa • Tokyo National Museum • ukiyo-e)
Stunning ukiyo-e art experience floats over to Tokyo for its latest exhibition
- Elliot Hale
Dec 13, 2024
These reimagined woodblock prints beautifully blend traditional culture and modern technology.
- Japan
- (3-D art • art • awesome • beautiful • COK • cool • Hitohata • hokusai • Immersive Museum • Katsushika Hokusai • museums • ukiyo-e • woodblock prints)
Japanese samurai randoseru backpack lets you carry the bushido spirit with you wherever you go
- Oona McGee
Nov 5, 2024
Award-winning warrior knapsack now available for sale.
- Japan
- (art • backpacks • bags • Bushido • cool • craftsmanship • cute • fashion • Katsushika Hokusai • leather • Murase Kabanko • randoseru • samurai • school • students • Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji • ukiyoe • unique)
Fender Flagship Tokyo releases Hokusai art-inspired guitar series for first anniversary
- Shannon
Jul 4, 2024
Get the best of Japanese art and music in this limited release.
- Japan
- (cool designs • electric guitar • Fender • Fender Flagship Tokyo • guitar • hokusai • instruments • Japanese art • Katsushika Hokusai)
Uniqlo brings cultural cuteness to Edo animals T-shirt line with Japanese history’s greatest artists
- Casey Baseel
May 19, 2024
Hokusai and four other ukiyo-e masters featured.
- Japan
- (art • culture • fashion • history • hokusai • Ito Jakuchu • Katsushika Hokusai • Ogata Korin • Sakai Hoitsu • shirts • t-shirts • ukiyo-e • Uniqlo • Uniqlo T-shirts • Utagawa Hiroshige • woodblock prints)
Japanese manhole covers become a hit with foreign tourists in off-the-beaten path Tokyo area
- Oona McGee
Feb 24, 2024
Street lids are now some of the city’s most unusual tourist sites, and there’s a way you can take them home as free souvenir cards.
- Japan
- (art • cool • hokusai • Katsushika Hokusai • manhole cover • Manhole cover cards • manhole covers • manhole lids • Ryogoku • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Sumo • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • travel • ukiyoe)
Converse All-Stars team up with two all-stars of Japanese art for Wave, Skull ukiyo-e shoes【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 6, 2023
Hokusai and Kuniyoshi for your feet.
- Japan
- (art • Chuck Taylor • Converse • Converse All-Stars • fashion • Great Wave • Great Wave off Kanagawa • hokusai • Katsushika Hokusai • shoes • sneakers • ukiyo-e • woodblock prints)
Master Lego builder’s Great Wave off Kanagawa making move across ocean for Hokusai event【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 10, 2023
Japan’s only Lego Certified Professional recreates Japan’s most famous painting.
- Japan
- (art • awesome • COK • cool • Great Wave • Great Wave off Kanagawa • hokusai • Katsushika Hokusai • LEGO • Museum of Fine Arts Boston • museums • ukiyo-e • woodblock prints)
Coca Cola releases new Mt Fuji bottles in Japan
- Oona McGee
Mar 4, 2023
Hokusai’s Great Wave off Kanagawa gets a new look for this souvenir coke bottle design.
- Japan
- (art • bottles • Coca-Cola • Coca-Cola bottles • COK • Coke • cool • design • drinks • Fuji • hokusai • Katsushika Hokusai • marketing • Mt. Fuji • souvenirs • The Great Wave off Kanagawa • Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji • ukiyo-e)
Mt Fuji and Raijin and Fujin lingerie sets let you wear your love for Japan under your clothes
- Oona McGee
Dec 24, 2022
Keep the gods of wind and thunder close to your chest.
- Japan
- (art • artists • bras • COK • fashion • Fuji • Fujin • Fujin Raijin zu • innerwear • Katsushika Hokusai • lingerie • Mt. Fuji • Peach John • Raijin • Sotatsu Tawaraya • Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji • ukiyoe • underwear)
Dr. Martens’ Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji collection is a work of wearable art
- Oona McGee
Nov 24, 2022
The Great Wave off Kanagawa meets street style for a new generation.
- Japan
- (art • bags • boots • cool • Doc Martens • Dr. Martens • fashion • hokusai • Katsushika Hokusai • Metropolitan Museum of Art • New York • shoes • The Great Wave off Kanagawa • The Met • Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji • ukiyo-e • ukiyoe • woodblock prints)
We make a gorgeous wooden art display piece out of Hokusai’s Great Wave
- Katy Kelly
Sep 27, 2021
Hokusai’s Great Wave has gone from woodblock to art sensation to a wooden art display piece.
- Japan
- (art • arts and crafts • beautiful • COK • cool • craft kit • crafts • Great Wave • hokusai • Katsushika Hokusai • natural • SNJO • The Great Wave off Kanagawa • ukiyo-e • woodblock prints)
Asics Ukiyo-e x Manga sneakers combine modern and traditional Japan for Tokyo Marathon 2021
- Oona McGee
Aug 13, 2021
When Mt Fuji and comic book scripts collide.
- Japan
- (art • ASICS • cool • design • fashion • hokusai • Japanese style • Katsushika Hokusai • limited edition • manga • running • shoes • sneakers • Tokyo Marathon 2021 • ukiyo-e)
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Liquid croissant coffee is coming to Japanese stores this month
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