Culture
Book Review: A Girl’s Guide to the Islands
Not Your Typical Travelogue
Music Festivals in Japan
After the cherry blossoms, an incredible season of music festivals
Cinematic Underground: Outsider Art
Films by and about the marginalized
Me Against the World by Kazufumi Shiraishi
“Is this book a novel trying to do philosophy or is it philosophy masquerading as a novel?”
Ladybeard’s New Pop Group
Aussie wrestling and rock star Ladybeard debuts in new music group in Japan
Soy Sauce
How shoyu spread to the West and what you can do to be part of its history
The Sound of Their Own Drum
Looprider charts their own path through Tokyo's aural map of genre pigeonholes
WOMB&ME
[Special Promotion] Since opening in 2000, WOMB has been a [...]
Dominique Ansel’s New Bakery
Celebrated New York pastry chef opens second Tokyo shop with limited-edition items
In Search of Pink Eiga
Tracking down the last remaining erotic cinemas in Tokyo
Samurai Night
The Battle of Sekigahara was fought in 1600 and it forever changed the course of history.
Rogue Ichi
How the “Japanese James Bond” inspired Star Wars’ breakout character
The Tattoo Craftsman
Horiyoshi III talks irezumi and the underbelly of Japanese culture
On Bar Row
The story of a US military base and the city of Fussa
Pushin’ Beats
A sample of STUTS
Sekigahara
The greatest samurai battle ever and how it shaped Japan
Quit Your Band!
Despite the overwhelming odds, the underground scene perseveres
(English) Booker Prizes
Where the English-reading expat goes for books
GEIDANKYO, Experience Kabuki Music
[Special Promotion] Every great drama has its own soundtrack. Alongside [...]
Yummy Japan
Youtube collective gets the inside look at Japan
Feeling Unlucky, Punk?
Yakudoshi And Exorcisms In Japan
Lala For You
Musical date spots
Gods, Swamps, and Christianity in Japan
Kubozuka: "SILENCE refers to the silence of God"
The Abduction of Sazae-san
How the beloved Japanese animation was hijacked from the original comic
Tadanori Yokoo
The Japanese Andy Warhol’s Pop Art Pop Up
2017 Sounds Like
Music resolutions and forecasts for the year ahead
Design Anatomy
A dissection of the products in your fridge
Sofar Sounds Tokyo
Secret gigs bringing back the community feeling of live music
Unbroken With Gold
The art of turning ugly breaks into beautiful fixes
Fashion Able
Behind tenbo, a fashion brand for people with disabilities
In Style: Winter Makeup
The “winter doll” and other trending make-up looks
Behind the Curtain
How the Tokyo International Players play the theatre game
English Rakugo Takes the Stage In Yokohama
One man. One towel. One fan. A hysterical audience.
Houses of Music
The best music venues that emerged this year