How Ibuki Kuramochi Combines Painting and Butoh Dance in Striking Live Shows At five years old, Ibuki Kuramochi could often be found drawing portraits of customers at…
Hedgehog Cafe Harry Opens New Location in Yokohama Harry, the world’s first hedgehog cafe, debuted in Harajuku and became a huge hit, with…
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…
Pop-Up Cafe in Roppongi Offers Ureshino Tea from Saga As part of Saga Prefecture’s regional revitalization efforts, young tea farmers from Ureshino have been…
Enjoy Beef Shabu-Shabu at Yakiniku Kintan Akasaka Shabu-Shabu Yakiniku Kintan opened its third restaurant in Akasaka on October 29, offering shabu-shabu with aged…
TeamLab Planets Toyosu Adds Limited Autumn Art, Christmas Lighting TeamLab Planets is a temporary museum which displays the collective’s signature digital art, in which…
Pretty in Pink: Tokyo’s Hello Kitty Train Pulls in the Station Sanrio Puroland, better known as Hello Kitty Land Tokyo, and Japanese railway operator Keio Corporation…
“Sign Gene”: Emilio Insolera on Creating the World’s First Deaf Superhero Film Traditionally, deaf characters in Hollywood films have been portrayed as tragic figures who struggle to…
Rosaria Iazetta: Meet the Intrepid Woman Who Motorbiked Solo from Italy to Japan In June 2018, Rosaria Iazetta, an Italian artist and professor of sculpture at the Academy…
Science of Sleep: The Company Using Japanese Indigo Dye to Improve Wellbeing In a city like Tokyo a good night’s sleep is critical. Dealing with the constant…
Japanese Cosmetics Maker Makanai Cosme Opens Pop-Up Cafe Makanai Cosme, a Japanese cosmetics brand famed for using natural ingredients and born from a…
Buddha Bellies Lonely Planet-recommended and 2018 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence recipient, this…
A Taste of Culture Award-winning cookbook author, food writer, and culinary ambassador Elizabeth Andoh…
