Do-It-Yourself Duo Santa Dharma: the Power of Meditation, Nostalgia and Experimental Pop The Start They met in a hazy, tightly squeezed hookah bar in Shimokitazawa, a Tokyo…
Top 7 Memorable Moments from The Bachelorette Japan The inaugural season of The Bachelorette Japan, gender flip of The Bachelor, took the show’s previous format…
Andi Brooks’ “Ghostly Tales of Japan” Delivers Spine-chilling, Yokai-filled Flash Fiction Inspired by the folklore tales and urban legends of Japan, and encouraged by his son’s early…
UltraSuperNew’s Latest Art Exhibition is a Collaboration of Paint, Plants & Life When imagining a bouquet of flowers that would represent a bouncing new baby you think…
Chim↑Pom – The Provocative Japanese Art Collective That is Daring Convention It was a warm summer day in June when I stepped inside Chim Pom’s grungy…
Interact with Rare Hokusai Works at Groundbreaking Digital Art Exhibition Visitors to the NTT Intercommunication Center state-of-the-art media art gallery on the fourth floor of…
2019 Setouchi Triennale: Revitalizing Japan’s Art Islands I first laid eyes upon the art islands during the 2019 Setouchi Triennale. It was…
5 Japanese Books That Made Me Fall in Love With Japan Before I could work and pay for my own transportation, books were the only way…
Defining Neo-Japonism with Artist Rie Takeda Not so much a movement as an obsession with japonaiseries (things imported from Japan to Europe),…
5 Tokyo Art Exhibits to Visit This Week: August 5–11 Tokyo’s reputation as a city of art may not be as strong as other international…
Samurai Katanas Brandished at The Japanese Sword Museum Ancient Japanese swords, samurai duels and swinging jazz music, all topped off with a round…
Diving Deep Into Tokyo’s Zine Culture Tokyo Art Book Fair (TABF), the city’s largest convention of amateur and professional authors, illustrators…
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…
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…
Beginner’s Guide to English-Language Calligraphy Classes in Tokyo Calligraphy brushes, loaded with unforgiving black ink, are hovering nervously over clean white paper in…
