Japan’s All-Time Top 5 Hip-Hop Producers and Beat Makers Beneath Japan’s cookie-cutter mainstream rap, there’s a progressive underground scene. It’s where lesser-known producers and…
Japanese Words We Can’t Translate: Tsundoku – or A Librarian’s Worst Nightmare According to the Oxford Dictionary, there were an estimated 170,000 words in use in the…
How One Tokyo Photographer Found Reconnection and Belonging Through His Art Photographer Robert Kirsch opens up about his work – and his inner workings – as…
Ginza Iseyoshi Puts an Innovative Spin on Traditional Kimono The Japanese kimono conjures dreamy images of elegant geisha graciously serving green tea or brandishing…
4 Reasons to Visit New Japanese Performing Arts Theater Suigian If you’ve ever wanted to sample some of Japan’s finest high arts but have been…
Godzilla Has Risen Again But Does He Still Spark Joy? One of my fondest childhood memories is sitting in our local cinema in suburban Germany,…
Tokyo Takes Over Chicago: Top 5 Things To Do at Anime Midwest The Anime Midwest anime convention brings Japanese pop culture to life in Chicago once again…
Actor Hiroyuki Ikeuchi: The Black Belt Judoka on Identity Crisis and Working with Jackie Chan “I had a complex when I was younger,” reveals actor Hiroyuki Ikeuchi during our recent interview…
Top 3 Free Weekly Events to Enjoy at Yokohama’s Isezaki Mall Shopping Street Stop by Isezaki Mall on select weekdays in the early afternoon to enjoy one of…
Japanese Superstitions: Dating and Relationships Every culture has its superstitions, and Japan is no exception. Many of them are related…
The Books Behind Your Favorite Japanese Films In his article “Why Hollywood is turning to books for its biggest productions,” Andrew Liptak…
SHIFT automotive Brings Together Industry Leaders Shaping Tomorrow’s Technology In September 2019 automotive industry leaders and innovators will come together with international professionals and…
Surf, Sand, Ska Bands and 5 Other Things We Saw at Yokohama’s Greenroom Festival It was a scorching weekend at Yokohama’s historic Red Brick Warehouse with a record 120,000…
Singers Elizaveta and Scott Murphy Pen a Love Letter to Japan – in Japanese The late Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury was candidly verbose about his love for ukiyo-e woodblock prints and…
