Culture

Cinematic Underground: July 12, 2015

U.S. indies at Shin-Bungeiza, Monaco Grand Prix doc, and more ...

Underground Fashion Documented

Video label DID sets a new generation in motion

Podcast: One-on-One: Shenan Brown, Def Tech

We talk with the Jawaiian music star about Howzit!?, the spirit of aloha, and more.

Podcast: Metropolis On Air 1

Interviews with Def Tech + Fukushima Kids Dolphin Camp, plus Tokyo record shops and more

Helene Schjerfbeck

Tokyo celebrates Finland’s most famous “lady painter”

Audio

Bayside electronic music fest

Music Bars and Record Stores in Tokyo

Second-Hand Sounds: Tokyo’s treasure troves of vintage tunes

Cinematic Underground: June 28, 2015

French New Wave lovers, Turist hits Japan, and more ...

Fuji Rock vs Summer Sonic

Japan’s biggest music fests face off

Lactose Intoler-Art

Brandon Reierson draws from Tokyo fashion

Tyondai Braxton

Rock, techno, and avant-garde—all in one Hive

Cinematic Underground: June 14, 2015

French film, Viggo Mortensen in Jauja, and more...

Japan’s “Hokori”

Mr. Amemiya brings Japanese culture to the future

Fashion and Jewelry

See what’s trending on the streets of Tokyo

Rumi Rock

Kimono and yukata designer Shibasaki Rumi on fashion and tradition

The Evolution of Kimono

Modern takes on the Japanese garment

The Art of Transformation

A surface look at spirituality in global mask culture

Simple Forms

The Mori Museum of Art contemplates beauty

Cinematic Underground: May 31, 2015

Great Italian cinema, Matthew Bourne’s ballet, and more ...

Beyond Cool?

When fashion turns cute

Kodo

Eri Uchida talks women in taiko

Sayume Tachibana

The bewitching beauty of Japan

GQ2015 [GABBY] dances into the Unexpected

Roppongi’s EX Theater witnesses an artistic experiment

Party Like It’s 1989!

Taylor Swift completes her transformation in the Tokyo Dome