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The Culture That Shaped Jet Set Radio
How FRUiTS and Chiaki Ito formed the base for a cel shade Tokyo.
Jazz in Anime – How Cowboy Bebop set the Standard
Tracing how jazz evolved from Lupin’s charm to Bebop’s sci-fi western universe.
Battle Royale Turns 25
A quarter century later, Fukasaku’s dystopian pulp classic still provokes.
Leaving Digital Traces
Kyoto-based artist nouseskou merges digital distorted patterns with nature and body.
Drawing from the Inside Out
A conversation on Kureha’s surreal mirror world.
The Kid Virgil Saw
Spotted at 13, YOSHI’s fashion legacy burns on in Tokyo.
Hiromix and the Rewriting of Youth
The teenage photographer who rewrote Japan’s youth visually.
MOGO - Milan’s New Jazz-Inspired Listening Bar Redefining Nightlife
Immersive sound, design, and cocktails converge at MOGO Milan.
PARCO - Shaping Five Decades of Japan’s Visual Culture
How a department store’s ads hijacked Tokyo’s creative pulse for decades.
The Underwater Girls of Manabu Koga
Underwater worlds and robotic fantasies.
Brutal Zen – The Raw Poetry of Japanese Brutalism
Paul Tulett photographs concrete forms hiding in plain sight.
Children Full of Life – What It Means to Grow Up Human
How one teacher made crying in class completely make sense.
Japan’s Charm Obsession - The Pocket-Sized Revolution
How Japan’s charm culture keeps creating new trends.
Osamu Dazai and the Art of the Slow Collapse
Dazai turns quiet despair into something strangely sharp and readable.
Manga and Anime in the Shadow of Hiroshima
The manga and anime that remember Japan’s biggest tragedy.
Sentō – The Bathhouse Culture That Nurtures Japanese Community
Shared in silence and steam, a guide to Japan’s bathhouse culture.
PARCO and the Art of Staying Ahead - The Future Was Always Here
How PARCO made retail feel like culture instead of commerce.
She’s So Hot I Wanna Clean Her Room - 3D Mapped Bedroom Chaos
Messy rooms scanned in 3D become love letters to chaos.
Tokyo’s Underground Rewired - Denko Pluto Brings Club Culture to New Spaces
Denko Pluto brings Tokyo’s club sound to unexpected public spaces.
Sk8thing - The Silent Architect of Japanese Streetwear
Streetwear’s silent coder, remixing chaos into something strangely coherent.
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Manga & Anime
From doujinshi roots to global icons, the revolutionary impact of CLAMP on the world of manga.
Runways, vintage book treasures, and konbini snacks, the final days of Fashion Week Tokyo.