Film Crew Scales Sacred Mount Oyama with Japan’s Tattooed Pilgrims Japan’s relationship with tattoos is notoriously complicated. Even at the height of their popularity during…
Two Expats Film 10 Documentaries Revealing the Other Side of Japan Ever since their first contact with Europeans, and later on, North Americans, Japan has held…
Christian Boltanski’s Tokyo Exhibit: “All my life I have fought against the fact of dying” Christian Boltanski, face weathered, liver spots adorning his bald pate, like Alfred Hitchcock in slip-on…
“Trails”: Takashi Homma’s Photo Book Explores a Complex Dynamic Between Man and Nature Blood splatters across pristine white snow. Broken twigs and branches are scattered in a cold…
Inside the World’s First Cyber Maid Café: Akiba Zettai Ryoiki A.D. 2045 TW writer Cezary Jan Strusiewicz goes inside the world’s first cyber maid café, Akiba Zettai…
Tony Award-Winning Director Diane Paulus Brings Broadway Musical Pippin to Tokyo True to its 2013 source, the Japanese production of the Tony-winning Broadway musical revival of…
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…
