911±¬ÁÏÍø

author

 
Menu
Search
 
April 21, 2025
 

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

Meta

Erik Augustin Palm
While Unzen Onsen's "hells" can be visually striking, locals describe them and their effects as "a source of emotional healing."
LIFE / Travel
Apr 12, 2025
Heaven from hells: The sulfuric pleasure of Unzen Onsen
Located deep within Kyushu¡¯s Shimabara Peninsula, this hot spring town offers dramatic scenery worth the effort it takes to get there.
An expanded multilevel pond and devices spraying cold mist have been installed at the Omiya Bonsai Art Museum to protect against the dangers of warming summers on the institution's trees.
LIFE / Travel
Mar 24, 2025
World¡¯s first public bonsai museum reopens after renovations
After a five-month refurbishment, the Omiya Bonsai Art Museum believes it¡¯s better suited to care for its trees during intensifying summers.
Tokyo Creative Salon combines elements of design, fashion and less easily categorizable artistic disciplines.
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 18, 2025
Tokyo Creative Salon sees the city as both runway and canvas
Through March 23, Tokyo¡¯s streets, shopping centers and civic spaces will host an interdisciplinary celebration of creativity.
Artist Adrian Steckeweh 3-D prints otherworldly clothes and accessories for himself, in a way augmenting his reality with tangible objects.
CULTURE / Art
Mar 16, 2025
Augmented reality artist Omega C navigates a precarious scene for XR art
Just this year, XR art featured heavily in the digital art festival Dig Shibuya and is the focus of the ongoing ¡°Machine Love¡± exhibition at Mori Art Museum.
The luxury Seven Stars in Kyushu train trades the hyper-efficiency of typical rail travel in Japan for a slower, more decadent version.
LIFE / Travel
Mar 1, 2025
Aboard Japan¡¯s most luxurious train, the journey is the destination
For those with yen to burn, the Seven Stars in Kyushu is one of the most luxurious ways to experience some of southern Japan¡¯s best hidden gems.
Documentary director Kaku Arakawa¡¯s filming style ¡ª naturalistic, intimate and unobtrusive ¡ª proved essential to portraying anime powerhouse Hayao Miyazaki as a man as flawed and human as he is a visionary artist in ¡°Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron.¡±
CULTURE / Film
Jan 31, 2025
Two decades of unparalleled access into the world of Hayao Miyazaki
Documentary director Kaku Arakawa has spent years filming the anime powerhouse to reveal the man beyond the myth.
Aside from purely aesthetics, the flowers in Mika Ninagawa¡¯s art carry deep cultural and spiritual meaning.
CULTURE / Art
Jan 25, 2025
Mika Ninagawa transforms the Kyocera Museum into a vibrant dreamworld
The artist¡¯s most expansive exhibition in the Kansai region to date is an experience that straddles the boundaries of photography, film and installation art.
Eugene Kangawa's Atelier iii is a space where visitors are invited to engage directly with the artist¡¯s evolving practice.
CULTURE / Art
Jan 18, 2025
Eugene Kangawa¡¯s art space embraces impermanence
The artist¡¯s Atelier iii studio resists spectacle and asks visitors to slow down and commit to being present.
In season two of "Squid Game," protagonist Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) returns to put an end to the deadly competition.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / Wide Angle
Jan 12, 2025
The unnervingly timed return of ¡®Squid Game¡¯
The show¡¯s themes of wealth disparity and exploitation of power resonate far beyond South Korea, tapping into a universal vein of unease about the unstable systems we live under.
¡°Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron" provides an in-depth look into the octogenarian auteur¡¯s creative process and personal reflections.
CULTURE / Film
Dec 11, 2024
¡®Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron¡¯ documentary meditates on auteur's creativity and legacy
Filmed with unparalleled access to Studio Ghibli, director Kaku Arakawa captures the vulnerability and genius behind master animator Hayao Miyazaki¡¯s latest feature.
The 12-year wait between Designtide Tokyo events was long, but the range and quality of exhibitions on offer made it worth the wait.
LIFE / Style & Design
Dec 11, 2024
After 12 years, Designtide Tokyo returns with a lineup of sensory dialogue
Swedish music hardware company Teenage Engineering both scored and encapsulated the philosophy of the innovative design fair's 12-year comeback.
Designed by Kei Atsumi and Motoya Iizawa, "The Warp" was a 3D-printed tea pavilion with organic, twisting curves placed in downtown Dubai.
LIFE / Style & Design
Nov 30, 2024
Far East meets Middle East at Dubai Design Week 2024
This year's Dubai Design Week functioned much like a portal between continents, philosophies and futures.
An AI robot is cast into a wild environment and forced to adapt to her surroundings in ¡°The Wild Robot.¡±
CULTURE / Film
Nov 8, 2024
TIFF¡¯s animation entries rediscovered the art of the fable at this year's festival
This year¡¯s animated lineup championed nature, connection and simplicity through stories that revel in the beauty of coexistence.
Studio Ghibli¡¯s ¡°Kiki¡¯s Delivery Service¡± draws inspiration from Sweden¡¯s medieval town of Visby as well as Stockholm for its vibrant setting of Koriko, a fictional city where the film¡¯s titular character decides to use her powers as a witch to benefit the inhabitants of her new home.
CULTURE / Film
Oct 27, 2024
The Swedish heart of Hayao Miyazaki's ¡®Kiki's Delivery Service¡¯
Inspiration for the 1989 Studio Ghibli classic is still very evident in Visby, a picturesque town that captivated the animator on his first trip abroad in 1971.
Inside a gallery influenced by famed architect Kengo Kuma, Nakamura Ningyo's Hakata dolls represent a little-seen side of 911±¬ÁÏÍø crafts.
LIFE / Style & Design
Sep 7, 2024
From Godzilla to martyrs, Hakata doll-making knows no bounds
Since its establishment in Fukuoka in 1917, Nakamura Ningyo has been a cornerstone of the Hakata doll tradition.
Nakazakicho may be just a few minutes outside the major commercial district of Umeda, but it certainly doesn't feel that way.
LIFE / Travel
Jul 27, 2024
The dancer keeping Osaka¡¯s Nakazakicho indie
Nakazakicho¡¯s transformation is more than the success story of a small neighborhood turning the tide against inner-city decay.
Horror artist Junji Ito adds just a dash of comedy to his work, though he aims for it to be understated. ¡°If it¡¯s truly a horror story, the humor must be restrained and more veiled,¡± he says.
CULTURE / Art
Jun 29, 2024
Fear still matters to Junji Ito
Currently on view at Tokyo's Setagaya Literary Museum is an extensive collection of the horror master's work, the first large-scale exhibition of it's kind in Japan.
Installation view of Calder: Un effet du japonais, Azabudai Hills Gallery, 2024 Photo: Tadayuki Minamoto
CULTURE / Art
Jun 16, 2024
Alexander Calder¡¯s kinetic sculptures arrive to full 911±¬ÁÏÍø embrace
With the first Calder solo exhibition in Tokyo in 35 years, it feels like the artist and his works have finally arrived.
In about a year, Wormann has taken four Tokyo "akiya" (abandoned homes) under his wing ¡ª three in Sangenjaya and the most recent in Shin-Nakano.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
May 27, 2024
The Swede bringing ¡®Japandi¡¯ style to Tokyo¡¯s abandoned homes
The 86-year-old building Wormann acquired in Sengenjaya came with not only a degraded structure but also termite damage throughout.
Aliou Diack¡¯s ¡°Anastomosis¡± paintings were created at Yoshino Cedar House, Space Un¡¯s residency in Yoshino, Nara Prefecture.
CULTURE / Art
May 24, 2024
Contemporary Afro-911±¬ÁÏÍø shows broaden Tokyo's art scene
Three ongoing exhibitions showcasing work by Theaster Gates, Aliou Diack and Serge Mouangue highlight commonality between 911±¬ÁÏÍø, African American and African aesthetics.
Japan tariff negotiator rules out quick U.S. deal despite push by Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Friday, a day after talks in Washington.
Magnitude 5.0 earthquake jolts Nagano
A map showing the location of an earthquake that hit Nagano Prefecture on Friday evening, with the numbers indicating the seismic intensity on the shindo scale to 7.
Japan mulls reviewing car safety rules to strike deal with Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's Economic Revitalization Minister and top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to the press upon his arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Friday.
Shohei Ohtani announces birth of daughter
Shohei Ohtani and his wife Mamiko Tanaka attend a Lakers game in Los Angeles on Dec. 8, 2024.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB¡¯s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.
Tokyo stock picker advises Trump-proofing portfolios with Godzilla creator Toho
The head of Godzilla, a 911±¬ÁÏÍø monster movie character, is seen on a building of Toho Cinema in Tokyo. Toho is one tariff-defensive stock being recommended by brokers.
LDP and CDP lawmaker groups propose 0% consumption tax on food
A vegetable stand displays prices at a supermarket in Tokyo in 2023. Some lawmakers are proposing lowering the consumption tax on food to 0%, which is expected to result in a loss of up to ?5 trillion in tax revenue annually.
Tokyo hotel operators face possible warnings over suspected price cartel
Foreign tourists gather on a platform at Kyoto Station on Wednesday.
Kyotographie 2025 opts for laughter and levity in the face of global strife
Palestinian American photographer Adam Rouhana¡¯s exhibition at this year¡¯s Kyotographie festival shows Palestinian life, not death and rubble.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.
By Tomoko Otake

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER