depicting scenic views from distinct points along the eponymous Lake Biwa, near the city of Kyoto. And while the geographic location in the film is nowhere near that Asian nation, in this imagined ...

Relatively commonplace as that description may read, writer-director Marko Raat’s “8 Views of Lake Biwa” is closer to a dreamlike folktale — set sometime during the 20 th century — than ...

“Because I came across the ‘biwa,’” he said. One day, he heard an intriguing instrument being played on the radio, which sounded more modern than the violin or the guitar. It was the sound ...

An early pioneering work of domestic architectural modernism with exposed concrete blocks and geometric designs stands along ...

The Japan Travel Awards 2025 winners are the industry champions of diversity, inclusion, sustainability and hospitality ...

With a title like “Murderess,” there can be little surprise where Greece’s submission to the Oscar international feature ...

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