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With sustainability at the forefront, these three Japanese cities are doubling their efforts to normalize an environmentally-conscious lifestyle in the country. Kitakyushu Super City for SDGs, Fukuoka Prefecture An important gateway between…
By Yuka Sato
Shortly past 7pm, people begin gathering around a stall with an orange light illuminating a dark street near Kagurazaka Station in Tokyo. The shoppers include business people after work, local residents and…
By Shinobu Ishikawa
Japanese leather goods are trending this season. Be sure to support local brands that not only produce beautiful high-quality bags, accessories and other leather items but also do so with strict sustainability…
By Weekender Editor
With her exquisite face, curvy body, famous body hair and notoriously large padded posterior, drag queen Labianna draws crowds expecting a sex goddess. But when she pulls out an enema bulb and…
By Kat Joplin
“Who needs me?” asks Alex Kerr. His question hangs suspended in the crackling virtual air before he moves to break the silence. “Disneyland really doesn’t. Osaka doesn’t either,” he says. “But Iya…
By David McElhinney
On Monday, October 4, the committee review meeting to discuss the proposal for over-the-counter access to the emergency contraceptive pill (a.k.a. EC, or the morning-after pill) was held at the Japanese Ministry…
By Jes Kalled
Siberia is on fire. Europe is under water or in flames, oil spills lie in greasy films across parts of our oceans and we are all experiencing a very palpable realization that…
By Paul McInnes
[Warning: this article contains explicit content] French-born porn star Axel Abysse typically blends in when in Japan. He keeps his undercut shaved and his beard trimmed. He wears sports tank tops and…
Before the big project, Sybilla Patrizia tended to take interest in moments and niches. An unassuming street sign; the dancing churn of a summer festival; a bored child on a train; an…
By Taylor Stewart
In my Boy Scout days one of the leadership lessons we were taught when going on hikes is that the group is only as fast as its slowest member. Over the course…
By Nick Narigon
On your way to a greener lifestyle? Lost in translation with an inflow of information on your social media feed? Do not fret and do not give up. We’ve highlighted some Japanese…
Tokyo’s concept restaurant, café and bar scene is fiercely competitive as shops look for unique, distinguishing themes to help them stand out. It can be something simple like making the establishment look…
By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
British comedian, writer and actor BJ Fox will be familiar to many in the international community for his work with the Stand-Up Tokyo comedy collective, but now Fox is teaming up with…
By Louise George Kittaka
People and development manager, outdoors enthusiast, Minakami ambassador and survivor of a bear encounter. These are just some of the hats that Cory McGowan has worn during his 20-plus years of living in Japan.…
By Samantha Low
“Sometimes I’m Penelope. Sometimes Pedro!” But always she is Pepe: towering, red-headed, award-winning make-up artist, working freelance during the day and reigning over Shinjuku Ni-chome at night. Her portfolio ranges from high…
“Skeletons would tell their stories if only they had a pen, a piece of paper and a bit of curiosity,” Mariia Ermilova Terada believes. She is what we call a green thinker.…
By Nupur Singh
“I don’t expect our society to change because of the show, but if viewers start questioning a thing or two after watching; if they begin feeling uneasy (with the status quo), I…
By Ally Hongo
We are all on our own path to sustainability. As a person who is passionate about makeup, beauty products have been the hardest sector of my home life to replace with environmentally…
By Lisandra Moor
