Finding the unusual in everyday Japanese architecture
@pannoda1 takes us on a brief tour of the unusual Kitano Ijinkan district in Kobe, Japan, with the help of their skills as a talented LEGO architect
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A perfect LEGO microscale japanese city block in spring
Ids de Jong builds with the Micropolis standard for the first time and knocks it out of the park.
LEGO Botanicals 10348 Japanese Red Maple Bonsai Tree – A return to roots [Review]
Bonsai is back in bricks! This time LEGO is miniaturizing a Japanese Red Maple. How does this latest Botanicals set measure up? Find out in our review.
Buildable LEGO K-2SO revealed at Star Wars Celebration Japan [News]
The Star Wars Celebration is happening in Japan right now, and we’ve got a new LEGO set making it’s debut there: LEGO Star Wars 75434 K-2SO Security Droid
LEGO all-stars bring Edo-era Japan to life in LEGO in epic collab
Explore this epic recreation of Edo Period Japan from 34 of Europe’s best builders! (@roguebricks_lug)
Celebrate Japanese culture with the Plum Blossom
Kristel Whitaker (@kristelwhitaker) builds for the LEGO Ideas Celebrate Japanese Culture
Spectacular vistas from travels in Japan
Travel to Japan with this lovely LEGO painting from @alanboar, done in the style of Japan’s hanging scrolls.
Japanese farmers in a bamboo forest
Ids de Jong takes us on a trip to a Japanese farm
Tiny cars are big in Japan
Roughly one in three cars sold in Japan are so-called Kei cars; tiny cars exempt from the rule that you need to have a parking space to register your car. TBB’s own Ralph Savelsberg shows that their cheapness doesn’t necessarily mean they don’t have style.
Automotive rebellion, the Japanese way
More restrictive norms seem to lead to more extreme rebellion. So, given Japan’s restrictive social norms it is unsurprising that Japanese custom car culture goes to extremes, as shown by Ralph Savelsberg’s Nissan Skyline Bosozoku car.
Ringing up some nostalgia on this Japanese pay phone
Japanese builder @nobu_tary creates a perfect miniature pay phone, ready for that 10-yen coin or prepaid phone card.
Juxtaposition in Japan
Following a trip to Japan BrickFest and Kyoto, TBB’s own Ralph Savelsberg has been on a bit of a Japan kick. His latest build represents the contrast between modern-day Japan, in the form of a Yamato transport van, and Japanese tradition in the form of Buddhist monks.