Column

Peppe introduces his first encounter with Japanese culture through his manga. The third installment is on his trip to a Japanese sake brewery in Okutama, Tokyo.

Hajichi, a tattoo with a deep blue pattern on the back of a woman’s hand, is said to have disappeared after it was banned by the Meiji government. A writer Lee Tonouchi, who was born and raised in Hawaii, discusses the origins of Hawaii’s unique language, which is closely related to hajichi, as well as its diversity.

Mike Kershnar takes film photography, draws with a pen in his hand, and tirelessly types words. His forte is jumping on his skateboard and being able to manifest his energy anywhere, as long as he has the tools he can carry around. He creates and leaves behind unique works, and I’d like to show you a glimpse of that.

Shy Thompson, an up-and-coming American journalist who writes for Pitchfork and Bandcamp Daily, unravels Mioko Yamaguchi’s ’80s masterpiece of Japanese synthpop and her latest work “FAIRYTHM.”

Chief curator of ICC Minoru Hatanaka reports on Japan’s treasured composer/artist Ryoji Ikeda’s solo live show and the screening of “superposition.”

A column about Drive My Car written by critic Shun Fushimi, about the film’s effortlessness and what it obscures.

New York-based art-writer Vittoria Benzine unravels the concept of “moe” native to Japanese people and the energy of self-transformation hidden in the adolescent uncertainty etched in ob’s artworks.

Writer Tsuya-chan’s explores Hikaru Utada’s new album BAD MODE.

A report on the concert portion of Metabolic Rift, a reimagined version of iconic experimental music festival Berlin Atonal.

Shigeko Kubota is a pioneering video artist born in Japan. In this article, New York-based contemporary artist Mark Bloch reveals how she has been perceived around the world, unraveling the secret of her creative practice and artistic expression.