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Back to the Past at the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum: Italian Manga Artist Peppe’s Encounter with Japanese Culture Vol.4
Peppe introduces his first encounter with Japanese culture through his manga. The fourth installment is on his visit to the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum in Koganei, Tokyo. -
Retrospective exhibition report ― The Strange Life of the Unknown Photographer Paul Blanca
Tomo Kosuga, an art producer living in Amsterdam, explores photography around the world today in this series of columns. In his seventh installment, he reveals the long-veiled, unknown lifetime of Dutch photographer Paul Blanca. -
“You Can Drink but Don’t Get Drunk” Sake Brewery Tour Manga Series: Italian Manga Artist Peppe’s Encounter With Japanese Culture Vol.3
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. -
The Historical Relationship Between Okinawan Hajichi Tattoos and the Hawaiian Pidgin Language : Lee Tonouchi Tells the Story
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, the artist for whom skate photography and drawing are as natural as hugging and eating breakfast in the morning
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. -
Japanese Synthpop Utahime Mioko Yamaguchi: Up-and-Coming U.S. Journalist Unravels Yamaguchi’s ’80s Trilogy and Latest Work
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.” -
Exploring the singular composer/artist Ryoji Ikeda’s first Tokyo live show in five years and screening of “superposition”
Chief curator of ICC Minoru Hatanaka reports on Japan’s treasured composer/artist Ryoji Ikeda’s solo live show and the screening of “superposition.” -
The Film Drive My Car’s Effortlessness and What It Obscures
A column about Drive My Car written by critic Shun Fushimi, about the film’s effortlessness and what it obscures. -
Artist ob Shares About Her Concept of “Moe” and the Energy of Self-transformation Hidden in Adolescent Uncertainty
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. -
A new kind of luxury for a new era: Hikaru Utada’s BAD MODE
Writer Tsuya-chan’s explores Hikaru Utada’s new album BAD MODE.