Ako: Spend a Weekend in a City of Legends

(And enjoy some of Japan’s best shio ramen while you’re there)

Based in Japan: Ria Scott

"Do you want fear or freedom?"

Tokyo Cycling Route: “Yoyo-Go”

Tokyo cyclists Chad Feyen and Brad Bennett share their favorite spring cycling routes

The 10th Anniversary of the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami

Commemorating the past and looking to future generations

Kirsten O’Connor: ‘Empowering is Our Core Mission’

Up next in our Based in Japan series, FEW Japan's president discusses career strategies and female entrepreneurship

Tachikawa: A City Away From the City

Tokyo's perfect intersection of the urban and the natural world

Rats on Rafts: ‘Tokyo Music Experience’

How to encapsulate Tokyo in a song

Highlights from Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo 2021 S/S 

Virtual shows, rainy rooftop catwalks and mask fashion

‘The Hole’ by Hiroko Oyamada

David Boyd translates Oyamada's surreal novel of transformation and isolation

GOMA

The intricate worlds of an Aomori-based artist

Primordial Violence

Tomoko Konoike: Art, nature and human creatures

Yoshitomo Nara: Beyond the Big-Headed Girls

Yeewan Koon's new book traces Yoshitomo Nara's diverse career