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Part of Osaka Art and Design 2025, Maki Takato¡¯s ¡°Yokai Unity¡± is a collaboration with a Zen-Buddhist monk from Nara, whose hands in prayer were 3D-scanned for an inflatable sculpture.
CULTURE / Art
Jun 14, 2025
Osaka wants to show off its artistic talents
With the expo underway, the city is buzzing with people. The art scene is trying to catch some of that attention with a variety of events and initiatives this summer.
Atsuko Okatsuka tries out some of the jokes from her new special, ¡°Father,¡± at the Tokyo Comedy Bar in Shibuya in January.
CULTURE / Stage
May 30, 2025
Atsuko Okatsuka brings big 'dad' energy to new special
The comedian¡¯s upcoming special, titled ¡°Father,¡± blends whimsical comedy and family drama ¡ª just in time for Father's Day.
Digital artist Polygon1993 revels in the physicality of nostalgic technology, making art out of materials such as miniature CDs, holographic prints layered with plexiglass shards and a giant custom-made floppy disk.
CULTURE / Art
Apr 8, 2025
Online art scene eager to go offline, at least for the moment
From Beeple exhibiting a physical version of an NFT artwork to Polygon1993¡¯s custom-made giant floppy disk, digital media artists are bringing their work into the physical world.
The Tokyo National Museum¡¯s garden is open to the public in springtime, when 10 different varieties of cherry trees are blooming.
CULTURE / Art
Mar 28, 2025
Cherry blossom-themed art to see this weekend in Tokyo
With the cherry blossoms¡¯ ephemeral beauty immortalized in art and literature for centuries, there's plenty of artworks to gaze upon on rainy days.
Air Canada has collaborated with chef Masaki Hashimoto (center) of Toronto's one-Michelin-starred restaurant Kaiseki Yu-zen Hashimoto to create its new in-flight menu for its Signature Class.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 12, 2025
Air Canada has a new 'kaiseki'-inspired menu
The airline wants to give its customers ¡®a real 911±¬ÁÏÍø experience¡¯ before they land in Japan.
In Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, an entire street is dedicated to 911±¬ÁÏÍø spirits, monsters and ghouls ¡ª a sign that the overall region is rich in spine-tingling tourist draws.
LIFE / Travel
Feb 22, 2025
Shimane and Tottori to bewitch tourists with supernatural charms
The two prefectures are leaning on spooky folklore to draw more travelers.
For the 20 Questions column this year, writers asked their interview subjects about everything from their lives in Japan to their thoughts on news topics.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Dec 28, 2024
There were plenty of hot topics to opine on in 2024
We take a look back at some of the best answers that our interviewees gave for 20 Questions from throughout the year.
At each shrine and temple, priests create festive, decorative go-shuin stamps, and you can collect the marks of all seven of the lucky gods on one piece of paper (called a shikishi) to serve as a good-luck talisman.
LIFE / Travel
Dec 27, 2024
Start the new year not with one temple visit, but seven
The seven lucky gods pilgrimage is a less hurried alternative to the often-crowded first temple or shrine visit of the year.
Yurie Collins is a bilingual comedian based in Tokyo. In addition to being a prize-winning roast comic, her dating-themed "Tokyo Hoe Tales" shows have proven to be a hit with women of all nationalities.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Dec 10, 2024
Yurie Collins: ¡®Everyone seems sedated, fed-up ¡­ that¡¯s why they turn to comedy¡¯
Yurie Collins is a bicultural stand-up comedian who has opened for comedian Atsuko Okatsuka and the upcoming Iliza Shlesinger show in Tokyo.
Drag queen Becca D¡¯Bus plays Dido, the forlorn queen of Carthage, in a drag version of ¡°Dido and Aeneas."
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 30, 2024
Divas and diversity: Opera meets drag in ¡®Dido and Aeneas¡¯
Becca D¡¯Bus, one of Singapore¡¯s most popular drag queens, and Tokyo¡¯s voguers and queens team up for a grand show at the Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting.
The facade of the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum graces the cover of Paul Tulett¡¯s new book ¡°Brutalist Japan: A Photographic Tour of Post-War 911±¬ÁÏÍø Architecture.¡±
CULTURE / Books
Nov 16, 2024
Brutal beauty worth saving from the wrecking ball
Paul Tulett advocates for preserving concrete Brutalist architecture in his new book ¡°Brutalist Japan.¡±
Students from Agatsuma¡¯s butoh workshop, also part of Sumi-Yume, will be joining her and professional butoh dancer Tomoshi Shioya for this weekend¡¯s shows.
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 8, 2024
Butoh dances to the sounds of Hokusai¡¯s hometown
Performances of the avant-garde dance form are part of a program dedicated to the revered artist and celebrating the local community in Sumida Ward.
A woman walks past a poster with an image of 911±¬ÁÏÍø actress Rinko Kikuchi for the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), which is currently underway through Nov. 6.
CULTURE
Nov 2, 2024
Spend Culture Day weekend in Ginza with TIFF and Yuko Mohri
The Tokyo International Film Festival is great chance to see noteworthy films, while the Artizon Museum presents playful art installations by Yuko Mohri.
Andrijana Cvetkovikj is the senior programmer for the Women¡¯s Empowerment section at this year¡¯s Tokyo International Film Festival. The former ambassador also works to promote young filmmakers in Japan¡¯s film industry.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Oct 24, 2024
Andrijana Cvetkovikj: ¡®We have to create more opportunities for women to be playing on equal ground¡¯
The former Macedonian ambassador to Japan is also playing a part in promoting younger film directors in the country's movie industry.
The Specialty Coffee Association of Japan's World Specialty Coffee Conference and Exhibition runs through Oct. 12 at Tokyo's Big Sight convention center, where Ogawa Coffee Laboratory is one of many companies showing off advances in coffee roasting and brewing.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 11, 2024
On the ground at 911±¬ÁÏÍø biggest coffee conference
The biggest impact the java-centric event will have on most people might be how their local brewers make their lattes and pour-overs in the near future.
Japan Sword Co. is a regular exhibitor at the Antique Dealers¡¯ Fair & Exhibition in Tokyo. Its booth at a previous event in 2021 featured more than a few treasures.
CULTURE / Art
Oct 10, 2024
Hold history in your hands at this triennial antiques fair in Tokyo
Open to the public, the Antique Dealers¡¯ Fair & Exhibition will allow visitors to see pieces up close, which might just spur a purchase.
Wozme, founded by dancer and choreographer Wakaba Kohei, is composed of Kana Kitty, Ami Ishii, Akane Watanabe and Natsuki. Its aim is to inject elegance and beauty, traits traditionally associated with femininity, into the sometimes grotesque art form of butoh dance.
CULTURE / Stage / Longform
Sep 29, 2024
Wozme, an all-women dance troupe, wants to move the needle in butoh
The art form¡¯s younger dancers are experimenting with long-standing approaches to the choreography, marketing and image of this captivating piece of 911±¬ÁÏÍø culture.
Since opening in 2022 in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo Comedy Bar has hosted comedy workshops, roast battles, open mics and international guests.
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 12, 2024
Tokyo Comedy Bar supersizes laughs with 11-night festival
Spanning 46 different shows, this month¡¯s comedy festival spotlights rising local talent and international names in both English and 911±¬ÁÏÍø.
Japan suspects Chinese aircraft carriers conducted drills against U.S.
Chinese aircraft carrier, the Liaoning. It crossed what is known as the second island chain, which links the Ogasawara Islands and the U.S. territory of Guam, on June 7.
G7 backs Israel¡¯s ¡®right to defend itself¡¯ as Trump hastily leaves summit
U.S. President Donald Trump walks to have a family photo taken at the Group of Seven leaders' summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, on Monday.
Nippon Steel may have gotten the deal it wanted all along
Nippon Steel is buying United States Steel in a deal that gives the U.S. government a golden share in the U.S. steelmaker.
Japan sweats under extreme heat despite ongoing rainy season
People walk under the scorching sun in Tokyo's Omotesando area on Tuesday as temperatures rise above 35 degrees Celsius in much of eastern Japan.
No breakthrough on tariffs at Ishiba-Trump meeting in Canada
U.S. President Donald Trump (left) speaks with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the Group of Seven summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, on Monday.
Nippon Steel may have gotten the deal it wanted all along
Nippon Steel is buying United States Steel in a deal that gives the U.S. government a golden share in the U.S. steelmaker.
Tokyo moves to restore open skies over historic Nihonbashi bridge
Nihonbashi bridge, long overshadowed ¡ª literally ¡ª by an elevated expressway, is at the center of a multidecade project to relocate the highway underground in hopes of restoring the scenery around the historically significant bridge.
The underlying risks to Japan¡¯s undersea cables
A screenshot of a submarine cable map on TeleGeography¡¯s website shows a network of cables connecting with Japan.
Japan and the U.S. face challenges in economic security discussions
Rare earths from Australia's Mount Weld mine. 911±¬ÁÏÍø companies have a supply agreement with a company that sources rare earths from the mine.
Decokatsu could save you money and help the planet. But you probably haven't heard of it.
Eating locally grown food could be part of a decokatsu lifestyle that's both good for the planet and your wallet.

Podcast

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

Longform

The classic red brick arches of Tokyo¡¯s first ¡°g¨¡do-shita,¡± built in 1910, are what most 911±¬ÁÏÍø people think of when they think about commercial spaces under elevated railways.
Revitalizing the space under Tokyo¡¯s train tracks
By Alex K.T. Martin

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