August 2022

We interviewed Black Country, New Road, who played in Japan for the first time at Fuji Rock Festival ’22.

This series introduces J-Beauty brands in Europe from the perspective of Keiko Suyama, whose company Dessigne consults in the entry of Japanese beauty brands to the European market. For the sixth installment of this series, we feature REY TOKYO, helmed by Rey Nakajima.

Documenta 15 is the 15th installment of Documenta, an art exhibition held in Kassel, Germany. This year, Ruangrupa, an Indonesian collective, curated Documenta 15. Hiroyoshi Tomite reports on the artworks exhibited in Mitte.

DJ Kenji Takimi speaks on Primal Scream’s sound and transformation during the Second Summer of Love era.

We asked Taiwanese manga artist/illustrator Gao Yan about her first serialized work, The Song About Green – Gather the Wind, which was published as a book in May. She spoke on the backstory of her work and her first encounters with Japanese culture.

A column by Rishi , editor-in-chief of the music zine 痙攣, about the manga artist Tatsuki Fujimoto.

Taku Obata, an artist passing down the tradition of B BOYism returns with his large-scale sculpture “B BOY REVENGE 2022.” We approached him about his perspective in an interview.

California Store is a souvenir shop in Nakameguro, Tokyo, with an eye-catching assortment of products that can’t be found anywhere else. The owner Takahiro Akiyama speaks on the meaning behind the store’s theme, “cheerful and fun eroticism” and his signature T-shirts.

Skateboarding can be viewed from multiple angles in this age of diversity. What does it look like to you? What exactly is skateboarding? There is probably more than one answer to these questions. Obviously, the answers varies depending on the times and the way it appeals to society. This time, we’ll focus on people who continue to look at and record the most universal aspects of skateboarding.

Part two of our interview with Kazuki Arima of OTOGIVANASHI, who have released their new album, Us.