Mie Iwatsuki has been a muse for master painter Alex Katz and renowned American photographer Robert Frank. In this interview, she talks about her idea of art and beauty.

Joe Brook has been working with the world-famous skateboard magazine, Thrasher, for many years. He’s a photographer who adores skating and traveling with a film and digital camera in hand. Joe is a cool guy who’s always smiling and lives his life as a photographer with endless enthusiasm.

On May 7th, Takuma Watanabe released his latest album, Last Afternoon. TOKION explores the brilliance of this album through a conversation between Takuma Watanabe and his former musical collaborator, Yayako Uchida.

Artist Haruko Tajima designs their distinctive sound world as they create their own beats and music videos. In this article, we unveil the sources of Haruko Tajima’s kaleidoscopic creations and their philosophy of creativity.

Artist Utena Kobayashi has released her new album, 6 roads. Why did she decide to release the album along a picture book? What is the meaning behind the title derived from Buddhism? –We asked the artist about the production background of the album, her sentiments etched in the work, and her creative source and philosophy.

The Spellbound announced themselves as a band last December. Masayuki Nakano and Yusuke Kobayashi speak on releasing singles for five consecutive months.

This article includes the conversation between Jun Takahashi and Yumi Matsutoya who were featured in the image visual of Spring / Summer 2021 collection of “The Shepherd Undercover”.

CRYSTAL, a synthesizer duo consisting of Ryōta Miyake and Sunao Maruyama, just released their new album Reflection Overdrive. We asked the band about their new album and its background, their image of the 80s, and more.

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.