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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.
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.
Fashion
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.
A knit cap, pink jacket, and 40,000 kilometers later.
Yutaro Saito captures the quiet confidence of aging in fashion.
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.
Shigeru Sugiura - Pop Surrealist of Postwar Manga
A chaotic genius who bent postwar Japan’s manga into delirium.
Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo S/S 2026 - Part 2
Runways, vintage book treasures, and konbini snacks, the final days of Fashion Week Tokyo.
The Nujabes Soundtrack that Crossed Cultures - Samurai Champloo
Nujabes' Impact on Anime’s most Iconic Soundtrack.
Tradition in Motion - Kai Mackenzie
Tradition becomes design as Kai Mackenzie refines heritage into form.
Soltitude - Adrift in Tokyo
Danielle Sinai explores what it means to get lost in Tokyo.
Battle Royale Turns 25
A quarter century later, Fukasaku’s dystopian pulp classic still provokes.
Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo S/S 2026 - Part 1
Dive into the first three days of Fashion Week Tokyo.
Leaving Digital Traces
Kyoto-based artist nouseskou merges digital distorted patterns with nature and body.
The Missing Post Office
This post office welcomes letters never meant to be delivered.
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.
A Man of Independent Cleaning Crew - Yutaro Saito’s Fashion Diary #6
Yutaro Saito’s sixth column joins a man who cleans Tokyo voluntarily.
Ike Reiko - Breaking Taboos in Japan’s Pink Film Underground
How Ike Reiko redefined Japan’s pink film underground.
Grotesque Theatre - Mononoke and Japanese Horror
The medicine seller interrogates guilt, exposing sins behind restless spirits.
The Otaku Girl Rooms by Shiori Kawamoto
Peek into Otaku ladies' vibrant, chaotic Daraku Rooms with Kawamoto.
Hiromix and the Rewriting of Youth
The teenage photographer who rewrote Japan’s youth visually.
Teppu - Moare Ohta's Take on Fight Culture in Japan
The underground manga that showed women’s MMA fighting for recognition in Japan.
From Streets to Screens - Bōsōzoku on Film
Must-see documentaries to understand Japan’s biker gang culture.
Minbo - The Film That Made Its Director a Target
The brutal retaliation for a film that mocked the Yakuza’s power.
MOGO - Milan’s New Jazz-Inspired Listening Bar Redefining Nightlife
Immersive sound, design, and cocktails converge at MOGO Milan.
Ricardo Paredes reframes anime through Renaissance and realism.