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The price of glory: Korean aviatrix Keigen Boku died at 28 when her plane crashed during a 1933 “goodwill” flight over Japan.
Posted April 16, 2010 at 3:39pm in korea aviation history keigen boku china japan korean aviatrix flight history pioneer pilot
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Aviatrix Katherine “The Flying Schoolgirl” Stinson in Japan with plane. Fun fact: in 1912 at the age of 21, she was the fourth woman in the U.S. to obtain a pilot’s license.
Posted March 28, 2010 at 12:56pm in katherine stinson japan flying schoolgirl aviatrix pilot aviation flier pioneer
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“The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel.”
—Neil Armstrong
Posted February 17, 2010 at 12:03pm in ladies of fashion roaring twenties 1920s orientalism japan kimono fashion style design
The BBC investigates the relaxing life of the Japanese snow monkey.
Posted January 30, 2010 at 12:02pm in japan snow monkey macaque bbc nature show documentary hot springs hot tub
![19th-century Noh costume (surihaku) with water, water plants, and leaves. Edo Period, Japan. Gold leaf on plain-weave silk.
[Metropolitan Museum of Art]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktnxcoMKpI1qa0ltoo1_500.jpg)
19th-century Noh costume (surihaku) with water, water plants, and leaves. Edo Period, Japan. Gold leaf on plain-weave silk.
![1990/1991 dress by Issey Miyake, Japan.
[The Textile Museum]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktnwgsnYEu1qa0ltoo1_400.jpg)
