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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.
Before Harajuku, Shoichi Aoki archived the world’s fashion.
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.
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.
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 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.
Fashion
A look inside Sabae’s eyewear craftsmanship with BLANC.
Japanese denim found its way from Kansai to US skate culture.
Before Harajuku, Shoichi Aoki archived the world’s fashion.
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.
A knit cap, pink jacket, and 40,000 kilometers later.
Yutaro Saito captures the quiet confidence of aging in fashion.
IM MEN turns fabric into wearable flight.
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.
Hyper Fishing Enthusiast - Yutaro Saito’s Fashion Diary #4
Yutaro Saito’s fourth column joins a man on a worldwide fishing trip.
Shin Kamen Rider - Mythology and Reinterpretation
Hideaki Anno’s reboot turns a childhood icon into existential drama.
Sk8thing - The Silent Architect of Japanese Streetwear
Streetwear’s silent coder, remixing chaos into something strangely coherent.
Sketching Punk Energy – Ore’s World Between Berlin and Tokyo
Ore sketches loose lines balanced between punk mood and manga.
Breaking Boundaries - Masaaki Yuasa and the Wild Grammar of Animation
The animator that finds freedom in distortion.
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.
How the Bokka of Oze keep the porter tradition alive.