4 Reasons to Visit Japan’s Remote Iya Valley on Shikoku Island When author Alex Kerr first discovered Japan’s Iya Valley in the 1970s, he was so…
Why You Should Visit Hachimantai in Iwate: Sake, Skiing and Organic Eating Hachimantai in Iwate Prefecture is kind of like a mini Japan. Not only does the…
Photographer Adam Isfendiyar Lived with an Ainu Family in Hokkaido to Create His New Series There’s a difference between the kind of photographer who simply captures pretty images and the…
Emotive Photo Story Captures the Dance Group That Unites Tokyo’s Homeless It was a chilly autumn evening in November 2017 when Adam Isfendiyar gathered together a…
Spend a Night in a Modern Japanese Castle at Katsuragi Kitanomaru It was the first time we’d sat in an outdoor Japanese bath while it rained.…
Meet Tokyo’s “New Wave” Chefs: New Book Offers Intimate Insights into Their Stories Most creatives who have lived in Tokyo for some length of time find a way…
Photo Story: Award-Winning Series Turns Tokyo’s Concrete Jungle into Fine Art Yoshihiko Wada has been winning awards for his fine art photography since 2015. But he…
Make Your Own Sundae Candles and Home Fragrance in Yokohama Walking into Masahiko Matsuo’s candle and perfumery store in Yokohama is kind of like climbing into a…
4 Modern Capsule Hotels in Tokyo That Have Upped the Tiny Hotel Game Japan has long been famed for its unique capsule hotel accommodation, but generally speaking these…
Nagomi Visit Gives You the Chance to Cook and Eat at Locals’ Homes Around Japan Founded in 2011, Nagomi Visit is an NPO that brings together local hosts and international…
A Day in the Life of a Japanese Tea Ceremony Host Growing up with a mother and grandmother who are both Japanese tea ceremony masters, Maiko…
5 Top Cherry Blossom-Inspired Beauty Products How to make the fleeting sakura last a little longer? Add them to your beauty…
New Restaurant Lubina Will Satisfy Your Spanish Paella Cravings Before we’ve even looked at the paella menu, which is really what we came here…
Create Your Own Fragrant Incense at this Tokyo Workshop Around 10 years ago, Hiro Nakayama was living in New York when she noticed how…
New Trilogy of Short Films Shows Off Tokyo’s Creatives Launched in 2016, Powered by Tokyo is a creative movement that seeks to capture and…
