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When Obayashi dropped one of Japan’s most unconventional horror films.
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.
Time traveling through your childhood photo album.
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.
Wenders wanders a city racing forward, searching for Ozu’s stillness.
A roadside journey through Japan’s strangest love hotels.
How Mei Semones lets language follow memory.
Before Harajuku, Shoichi Aoki archived the world’s fashion.
While f5ve draws in the world, Crystalline Structures creates their universe.
Step into nostalgia with Super Kaylo’s enchanting 1-bit demakes.
How the Bokka of Oze keep the porter tradition alive.
A look inside Sabae’s eyewear craftsmanship with BLANC.
The anarchic tribute that brings tokusatsu back from cultural oblivion.
The future Japan once sold returned as archived fantasy.
Japanese denim found its way from Kansai to US skate culture.
From arcades to consoles, Japan turned early 3D polygons into cultural icons.
Inside the legacy of one of anime’s most iconic studios.
Revisiting a handmade animation era with 1991’s ‘PAPERS’.
Tracing how jazz evolved from Lupin’s charm to Bebop’s sci-fi western universe.
Explaining the glue between anime, fine art, toys, and fashion.
Paprika is back, leading PARCO’s Grand Bazar.
Tokyo’s outsider spirit, Blue Spring, and emotion stitched into Elsewhere.
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.
Onitsuka Tiger - A Legend Laced in Dust and Blood
Born in post-war Kobe, reborn on Tarantino’s blood-soaked set.
How Pickyou Changed Tokyo’s Flea Market Scene
Pickyou is single-handedly revolutionizing the second hand scene.
The Art That Makes Vagabond Ache - Takehiko Inoue’s Mastery of Expression
How Vagabond’s detailed facial expressions shape its emotional value.
EZ’s Cyborg Wardrobe - The Dream of a Modular Body
EZ blurs body and machine until fashion becomes emotional armor.
A Man of Crocs - Yutaro Saito’s Fashion Diary #3
Yutaro Saito’s third column finds quiet strength in Crocs.
Marble, Memory, and Marmo - The Life Work of Kazuko Oki
Where marble dust and wine blend into something quietly beautiful.
The Most Important Game In NPB History - “Dirty” Egawa’s Final Stand
A career marked by brilliance controversy and one final defeat.
KIDILL and Seppuku Pistols - Japan’s Gone Mad, and that’s the Point
A collaboration that explored identity through fashion, music, and performance.
Peterparker69 × Yoji Noda – Neon-lit Heartbreak Meets Emotional Glitch in ‘Hey phone’
Peterparker69 turns digital static into something strangely beautiful and sad.
SONOKO - The Underrated, Ethereal Album 'La Debutante'
A Kyoto-born whisper drifts through Paris, elegant and eerily unresolved.
Hallucinatory Japan - The Psychedelic World of Keiichi Tanaami
Postwar trauma and pop culture collide in Tanaami’s vivid dreamscape.
Ai Yazawa and Vivienne Westwood - Where Punk Meets Manga
Yazawa’s manga wears its heart out loud, stitched in Westwood’s tartan.
The Karaoke Torii Gate - Heaven’s Sound System
A sacred gate turned into an interactive sound installation.
Tokyo Compression - The Faces of Tokyo’s Commute
Through glass and stillness, Wolf frames the cost of movement.
From Tokyo to Florence - The Jewelry of Kato Rikiya
Kato brings Japanese craftsmanship into Florence’s centuries-old jewelry tradition.
Toshiro Mifune´s Most Underrated Films
A journey through Mifune’s remarkable film contributions.
The Fight for Recognition as a Female Sumo
Sumo’s legacy grows richer when these women take their place.
Lost in the Megastructure - The Infinite World of BLAME!
A city that builds itself while everything else falls apart.
Ahead of Her Time, and of Ours - Izumi Suzuki’s Legacy
Izumi’s worlds unsettle, not with noise, but with truth.
A Man of VETEMENTS Jacket - Yutaro Saito’s Fashion Diary #2
How a carabiner on a belt says more than designer logos.
mukcyen’s new collection strips away roles while exploring identity.