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Is Soviet Modernism a Negative Legacy? Architectural Designer Nao Tokuda on Building the Future of Architecture in Georgia
What Nao Tokuda, a Japanese architectural designer who started his own business in Tbilisi, is aiming for in the country known as the last unexplored region of Europe. -
Rikako Yagi’s Movie Column: Films Yagi Wants to Watch When She Is Struggling with Her Actor Career
Rikako Yagi, whose appearance in the Netflix original series “First Love: First Love” is a hot topic, introduces the movies that have influenced her in her acting career. -
Dentist by Day, Dental Grill Expert by Night: Dr. Zara and the Culture of Customizing Teeth
Grills, a type of tooth jewelry with roots in American hip-hop culture, are gradually growing in popularity among young people in Japan. At the center of this movement is Dr. Zara, a man with two professions: dentist and specialist in grills. -
Okada Kisara Captures the Extraordinary in the Everyday
Okada Kisara has been assiduously photographing Tokyo for more than a decade. Her latest collection of work, Tokyo Over, captures a city addled, embracing, sighing, toiling, and relaxing through a pandemic and its Olympics. -
The World Eisaku Kubonouchi Portrays as a Manga Artist
It feels like it rained a lot more than usual this spring. I’ve never been a fan of the rain. Eisaku Kubonouchi, however, purported told me that he’s enamored by the sound of the rain— his remark left an impression on me. -
Photographer Dennis Morris Looks Back on the Music Scene and the Relationship with His Departed Friend Lee Perry
Photographer Dennis Morris, who published a book of his photographs of Lee Perry, who passed away last year, looks back on his career and the music scene across the age. -
時音 Vol.17 “Walking, looking, shooting. That’s it” Photographer Daido Moriyama Talks about the Record and Photography
Daido Moriyama calls his personal photography magazine Record his lifework and lifeline. We interviewed Daido Moriyama himself about the meaning of the magazine and his photographs. -
“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. -
Report on BRIAN ENO AMBIENT KYOTO, an Exhibition of Sound and Light by Brian Eno
Brian Eno’s exhibition BRIAN ENO AMBIENT KYOTO is currently being held at the former Welfare Center of Kyoto Chuo Shinkin Bank. -
The Possibilities of the World’s First Android and Music Laboratory in Osaka — “Massive Life Flow; Inside the Mind of Keiichiro Shibuya” Part 6
In the sixth installment, we report on the Android and Music Science Laboratory opening at the Art Science Department, Osaka University of Arts, where Keiichiro Shibuya recently started working as a visiting professor.