In this series, Tsuya-chan writes about the relationship between music, fashion, trends, and youth culture. In her ninth installment, Tsuya-chan will reflect on the fervor and success Hedi Slimane created with Dior Homme while relating to the UK rock scene at the time and Slimane in the present day.

VIDEOTAPEMUSIC samples VHS tapes and home videos to create music and films. In part 2 of this interview, he talks to TOKION about his music videos depicting Seoul and Tokyo, as well as his artist residencies in regional towns.

RUEED is an artist, who is at the forefront of the Japanese reggae scene. We asked the man, who strides forward as he leaves tracks on the unknown road, about his “sentiments etched in his creative activity” and “what lies ahead of him.”

Recorded last summer, Ayano Kaneko’s new album Yosuga is finally out after a year and a half. We asked her about the thoughts behind her songwriting during an extremely confusing 2020.

BARBER SAKOTA is a barbershop that maintains the traditional aspects of Japanese barbershops while reimagining them. What is founder Masaki Sakota’s definition of a barbershop? What is its future?

Kat Menschik is an illustrator who has worked on four works of Haruki Murakami including “Nemuri” and “Attacking a Bakery”. She talks about the “trick” of illustrations and binding.

We asked Nozomu Takahashi, who supervised the exhibition “Animage and Ghibli Exhibition”, to talk about everything from Toshio Suzuki as an editor to Isao Takahata to Hayao Miyazaki.

German and Japanese musicians have been interacting with each other from the days before the Internet. After 40 years, Der Plan’s Moritz R®︎ and Makoto Ori hold a conversation for the first time.

Artist Tetsuya Umeda held a unique art project called “Zero-Tai,” composed of a film, map, and radio last winter. He’s also planning on publishing a book to add further clues about said project. I spoke to him to discover more.

UKICO, who spent time in Paris, New York, and Japan, creates a unique sonic world. From songwriting to music engineering her journey has just begun.

Self-taught artists in Japan are winning international praise for the imagination, innovation, and skill with which they make their unusual paintings, drawings, and mixed-media works.

An independent publisher Funsho-sya publish books of artists with strong and rare charisma based on music.Hajime Matsushita, who runs this independent publish label with members from diverse backgrounds talks about the true picture.

BIGYUKI is a Japanese keyboardist and producer who goes beyond the definition of jazz. He released an EP last December for the first time in a while, and CHAI released a song he produced for them in February. Music critic Masaaki Hara asks the artist about where he’s at today.

The comedy duo Kuuki Kaidan on their live conte show, anna.

The next generation singer/songwriter, Grace Aimi, challenges the world together with Chaki Zulu. Zooming in on the birth of the new Gen Z icon.

This is a documentary film had its world premiere at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, held online in February 2021. It is scheduled to be released in Japan early this summer.

Tomo Kosuga, an art producer living in Amsterdam, explores photography around the world today in this series of columns. In the fifth installment of this series, the author visits a gallery for the first time in four months and writes about leading Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf.

“Manucurist” is an environment-friendly and clean nail polish brand born in Paris. About the commitment to clean beauty from the birth of the brand.

How did the representative of shoegaze, My Bloody Valentine, give an impact on the Japanese music scene? The author of My Bloody Valentine Koso Subete, Takanori Kuroda, elucidates the question.

Hana Yagi is a fashion designer gaining global attention. This article unveils the sentiments toward fashion, internal conflict, and next challenges of the artist.

VIDEOTAPEMUSIC samples VHS tapes and home videos to create music and films. In part 1 of this interview, TOKION talks to VIDEOTAPEMUSIC about the appeal of VHS tapes and gets a closer look at the thought behind his past music videos.

Leading ambient unit UNKNOWN ME reveals how they found ambient/new age music, and their new album on beauty

Inspired by Tokyo lifestyle, the two Parisians who launched “Jitensha” in Paris talk about the charm of Japanese bicycles and culture.

Music recommendations on Twitter “#内山結愛一日一アルバム” and music reviews posted on note by Yua Uchiyama from Japanese idol group RAY, is earning a cult following. This is the first episode of her serial article on Japanese music, featuring “Psychedelic Japanoise”.

This series introduces up-and-coming beauty brand founders in Japan. The second installment features TV personality and poet Hanna Kang. She talks to TOKION about Mirari, the cosmetic brand she started in November 2020.

Yoshifumi Hashimoto, producer of “After 6 Junction,” which is broadcast on TBS Radio from 18:00 to 21:00 on weekdays, talks about program production.

The pottery collection designed by graphic artist YOSHIROTTEN is now available at TOKION.