Yes, there are your typical GIFs: You know, the ones from anime, movies, and viral videos. But beyond those, there are some creative GIFs coming out of Japan. Japanese website Daily Portal Z holds ...

Centuries-old Japanese ukiyo-e have received a delightful update, transformed into animated scenes that sometimes include surprising, modern imagery. Japanese video artist and animator Segawa Atsuki ...

Last December, Kotaku introduced the GIF art of Tumblr user 1041uuuha. The animated images were hauntingly poetic depictions of life in Japan. These latest ones are, too. 1041uuuha has created another ...

Japan has evolved to a somewhat juxtaposition within today’s fast moving tech world but has still kept its identity and influences from the past. It’s difficult to quantify how life moves within a new ...

Japanese video artist Atsuki Segawa has created Ukiyo-e 2.0 by transforming some centuries-old woodblock art into a series of animated gifs. Ukiyo-e are woodblock prints that became popular in Japan ...

Sometimes someone captures modern Japanese life in a really wonderful way and these lovely retro game styled GIFs do just that. Created by Yuuta Toyoi, the GIFs are quite simple and understated. With ...

If you're an avid Elite Daily reader (you better be), you know about our popular series, From Russia With WTF?!, where we highlight some of the crazier videos and images to hit the web from Mother ...

Japan is a country caught between two worlds, blending together its feudal architecture and traditional ways with the fast-paced technology that is so core to its modern identity. Somehow, the series ...