Culture

Tokyo’s outsider spirit, Blue Spring, and emotion stitched into Elsewhere.

How the Bokka of Oze keep the porter tradition alive.

Discover how Akira Nakai and RWB transformed Porsche tuning forever.

An emotional blueprint evolved into wearable architecture.

The culmination of Kon’s experiments in psychological animation.

Kyoichi Tsuzuki’s cult classic gets a second life.

How Hara Kazuaki documents the daily lives of her kids in Nagano.

Shin Hanga preserved traditional aesthetics while negotiating Western influence and change.

How Yukinaga continues traditional techniques by working entirely in analog.

Rediscovering traditional indigo dyeing through a new generation.

Explaining the glue between anime, fine art, toys, and fashion.

Wenders wanders a city racing forward, searching for Ozu’s stillness.

The insanely detailed cardboard creations of Aidakko Sishou.

Ihei Kimura captured life’s raw beauty through unfiltered moments.

Japan’s hidden graffiti world, balancing creativity and legality.

The creative chaos of 90s Harajuku immortalized by iconic fashion magazines.

These quirky little creatures say more than words ever could.

From arcades to consoles, Japan turned early 3D polygons into cultural icons.

From Ukiyo-e’s decline rose the Sōsaku Hanga movement.

OZ became the prototype for our online selves.

How FRUiTS and Chiaki Ito formed the base for a cel shade Tokyo.

A chaotic genius who bent postwar Japan’s manga into delirium.

Runways, vintage book treasures, and konbini snacks, the final days of Fashion Week Tokyo.

Nujabes' Impact on Anime’s most Iconic Soundtrack.

Tradition becomes design as Kai Mackenzie refines heritage into form.

Danielle Sinai explores what it means to get lost in Tokyo.

A quarter century later, Fukasaku’s dystopian pulp classic still provokes.

Dive into the first three days of Fashion Week Tokyo.