Culture
9 Influential Japanese LGBTQ+ Novels to Read
Love, identity, and the untold tales of Japan’s queer community
Your Essential Sumo Wrestling Vocabulary Guide
Ready to wrestle? Prepare for the upcoming sumo tournament with this sumo wrestling vocabulary guide and master the essential lingo and must-know moves.
IKO Art Discoveries Launches with MASAMI: A New Chapter in Contemporary Art Exhibitions in Tokyo
An immersive new exhibition invites Tokyo-ites to explore art, nature and connection through the eyes of Japanese artist MASAMI
Book Review: Vanishing World by Sayaka Murata
A chillingly plausible future
Book Review: The Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchen by Yuta Takahashi
Your table awaits at the Chibineko Kitchen...
Book Review: The Place of Shells by Mai Ishizawa (translated by Polly Barton)
A quietly devastating and masterfully surreal debut
LGBTQ+ Anime That Strive To Get It Right
No heavy-handed yaoi or male-gaze pandering yuri here
Sento Architect Kentaro Imai and the Art of Bathing Spaces
The architecture mastermind behind today’s sento boom
Kiyoshi Awazu and the Reinvention of Contemporary Japanese Aesthetics
An emblematic figure of Japanese graphic design
Dami Lee on the Organized Chaos That is Tokyo
Architect Dami Lee shares her thoughts on Tokyo and beyond