Xiaojiaochang prints depict city life in the early 1900s, with locomotives, telephones, nightclubs, circus performers, Westerners enjoying the Lantern Festival and other aspects of life not traditionally reproduced in Chinese folk art. “What makes Xiaojiaochang woodblock prints...
Still, that being said, and despite globalization, Japan still maintains ancient traditions, which can be deemed bizarre by most people in the West. Below are 15 of the most unique aspects of the culture of Japan, spanning from unusual traditions to customs that are very different than practice...