The splendour of Japanese artistic culture and its close relationship with nature: 39 amazing painted screens on view at the Uffizi Gallery.
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Palazzo Vecchio hosted the Abe-Renzi meeting
Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi met Japanese premier Shinzo Abe during the Italian-Japanese bilateral meeting in Florence, Monday May 2, 2016.
Read moreThe Japanese want “put some clothes on David”
Giant reproductions of Michelangelo’s David and the Venus de Milo are raising eyebrows in the Japanese town of Okuizumo because of their oversize nude bodies.
Read moreJapan in Florence, land of enchantment
This coming spring 2012 Palazzo Pitti will celebrate Japan, her art, her culture, and her traditions, in the most representative rooms of its museums with three exhibitions grouped under the title, Japan. Land of Enchantment (April 3th – july 1st, 2012).