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Tokyo Rakuten Fashion Week F/W 2025
What are Japanese designers thinking about?

The Radio Pirates of Tokyo
Pirate radios turned Tokyo’s streets into broadcast havens.

Shibari’s Stranglehold on the World
How Shibari uses rope to explore connection, balance, and trust.

Matagi - The Forest and the Bear
Traditional hunters preserving nature and culture deep in Japan’s north.

Beyond Boundaries with Genderless Kei
Genderless kei blends comfort, color, and confidence with effortless charm.

Suzuki Mamiko - The Hip-Hop Of Everyday
Vinyl crackle warmth meets soft rap flow in Mamiko’s world.

Disappearing to Start a New Life - The Phenomenon of Jōhatsu
Some vanish from shame, others from life, all chasing silence somewhere.

Zen in Stone - The Craft of Tosei Shinabe
A stone, a cord, and the art of letting go.

The Man in the Godzilla Suit - Haruo Nakajima
Inside the Godzilla suit, Haruo Nakajima became a legend.

The Underwater Girls of Manabu Koga
Underwater worlds and robotic fantasies.

Inside Osaka’s Forgotten Community - A Journey Through Airin Chiku
Osaka’s neon fades fast when you cross into Nishinari.

Hadouken-ing - When Street Fighter Became a Meme
When the internet decided to turn Street Fighter into reality.

A Man of Collaboration - Yutaro Saito’s Fashion Diary #1
A knit cap, pink jacket, and 40,000 kilometers later.

Love and Pop - Hideaki Anno’s Experimental Portrait of 90s Japanese Youth
Anno’s DV masterpiece exposes raw 90s youth angst and desire.

The Man Who Froze the Wind - Kawase Hasui
Hasui painted the kind of calm most people miss.

Mount Fuji from Space
Mount Fuji’s perfect form captured silently from orbit over decades.

Kamikaze Pilots - The Faces Behind Japan’s Ultimate Sacrifice
A cockpit, a cherry blossom, and a one-way ticket to oblivion.

47 Ronin - Tale of Unbreakable Samurai Spirit
They carried their master’s ghost through the streets of edo.

The Takashi Miike Experience - From Yakuza Carnage to Cult Horror
A Miike film is chaos, carnage, and comedy in equal measure.

Honcho Kei Truck Game - A Love Letter to Japan’s Tiny Workhorse
Your own rusty kei truck and the endless countryside—Honcho is pure Showa charm.
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