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The youth collective that’s reinventing DJ sets.
Your favourite anime opening as an 8-bit calculator performance.
Ihei Kimura captured life’s raw beauty through unfiltered moments.
A new late-night art auction flipping the script for Tokyo’s creators.
A photographic celebration of the simple, sexy ritual of eating.
How Shoji Yamasaki uses moving trash to make people notice street waste.
Pirate radios turned Tokyo’s streets into broadcast havens.
How FRUiTS and Chiaki Ito formed the base for a cel shade Tokyo.
Hana Shimodate maps the soft worlds behind internet girl culture.
These quirky little creatures say more than words ever could.
Idan Barazani turns Tokyo into a monochrome emotional overload without escape.
Olympia Le-Tan builds Sukeban as a full visual wrestling universe.
The security guard that created his own DIY typeface by accident.
When Obayashi dropped one of Japan’s most unconventional horror films.
Time traveling through your childhood photo album.
Underwater worlds and robotic fantasies.
A conversation on Kureha’s surreal mirror world.
This post office welcomes letters never meant to be delivered.
mukcyen’s new collection strips away roles while exploring identity.
GEZAN’s Mahito on getting lost in the world to come.
Kyoichi Tsuzuki’s cult classic gets a second life.
MUBI maps decades of radical filmmaking across Asia.
Y-3’s wolf motif returns as Formula 1 enters Yamamoto’s universe.
From the Bronx to Tokyo - hip-hop’s unexpected, groundbreaking cultural exchange.
Ricardo Paredes reframes anime through Renaissance and realism.
Discover Shibuya-kei, Japan’s 90s music revolution blending genres.
Jonathan Choe on building a universe rooted in sci-fi and military symbolism.
‘Toru Dance’ explains how to reclaim freedom through movement.
From hip-hop import to Tokyo staple with Grillz Jewelz.
Fashion
mukcyen’s new collection strips away roles while exploring identity.
Y-3’s wolf motif returns as Formula 1 enters Yamamoto’s universe.
Jonathan Choe on building a universe rooted in sci-fi and military symbolism.
Before Harajuku, Shoichi Aoki archived the world’s fashion.
A look inside Sabae’s eyewear craftsmanship with BLANC.
Japanese denim found its way from Kansai to US skate culture.
Tokyo’s outsider spirit, Blue Spring, and emotion stitched into Elsewhere.
An emotional blueprint evolved into wearable architecture.
Rediscovering traditional indigo dyeing through a new generation.
The creative chaos of 90s Harajuku immortalized by iconic fashion magazines.
Runways, vintage book treasures, and konbini snacks, the final days of Fashion Week Tokyo.
Tradition becomes design as Kai Mackenzie refines heritage into form.
Dive into the first three days of Fashion Week Tokyo.
Yutaro Saito’s sixth column joins a man who cleans Tokyo voluntarily.
Precision and subtlety define the understated power of Tokyo’s uniforms.
How Japan’s charm culture keeps creating new trends.
Yutaro Saito’s fifth column joins a man who wears what he eats.
The ordinary unravels gently in Mihara’s layered emotional silhouettes.
Masculinity here is soft-spoken, styled, and rooted in routine.
Yutaro Saito’s fourth column joins a man on a worldwide fishing trip.
Streetwear’s silent coder, remixing chaos into something strangely coherent.
Born in post-war Kobe, reborn on Tarantino’s blood-soaked set.
Pickyou is single-handedly revolutionizing the second hand scene.
Yutaro Saito’s third column finds quiet strength in Crocs.
A collaboration that explored identity through fashion, music, and performance.
Yazawa’s manga wears its heart out loud, stitched in Westwood’s tartan.
How a carabiner on a belt says more than designer logos.
What are Japanese designers thinking about?
Genderless kei blends comfort, color, and confidence with effortless charm.
Art & Design
Shin Hanga preserved traditional aesthetics while negotiating Western influence and change.
Music & Film
Manga & Anime
From doujinshi roots to global icons, the revolutionary impact of CLAMP on the world of manga.
Recreating Tokyo Back Alleys in 3D with Michael Yoshimura
Experience Tokyo's hidden alleys transformed into mesmerizing 3D landscapes.
QuestAG! - The ATARASHII GAKKO! Storytelling Game
ATARASHII GAKKO! launches interactive storytelling game with beautiful pixel art.
Sho Shibuya - A Journey Through Time in Gradients
Delve into the world of Sho Shibuya, as he discusses his profound connection with time and nature through his daily paintings.
ERO-GURO NANSENSU - Japan’s Erotic Horror Art
The Japanese art movement exploring grotesque decadence.
Sukeban Deka III - The Girl Gang Saga in 8-Bit
Revisit the rebellious Sukeban phenomenon through 8-bit nostalgia
Dealing Nostalgia with 2Turnt Kurt’s POKÉMON ART
A chat with digital creator 2Turnt Kurt about infusing Pokémon with Vaporwave and Pixel Art.
Threads Of The Unseen - Seiran Tsuno’s 3D Couture
Explore the world of Seiran Tsuno through her fascination with the spirit world and curiosity in 3d printing,
Tsunotsuno - Transforming Otaku
Explore the digital otaku world of TsunoTsuno
MAMIMOZI - Fusing Graffiti with Calligraphy
Discover the unique style of Calligraph2ity artist MAMIMOZI.
Kimiko Nishimoto - Japan’s most Creative Obachan
Meet the 95-year-old obachan that expresses herself through humorous self portraits
Inari Type - Exploring culture through typeface
How does an independent type foundry manage to express culture through typeface design?
Emi Takahashi - Storytelling through leaves
What do you get if you combine an artist specializing in glyphs and an experimental animator?
Ikko Tanaka - Shaping MUJI’s Iconic Serene Design
Exploring the impact of art director Ikko Tanaka’s design on Muji.
The use of Japanese aesthetics in AI
Imagine a world where J.K. Rowling didn’t get canceled because Harry Potter was Osamu Tezuka’s creation.
How Utanhole tracks minds that remain totally unshaken.