Aimer to Perform Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel Theme Song
Aimer will perform the theme song to Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel Part 1 Presage Flower, the first part of the upcoming film trilogy, set to premiere on Oct. 14!
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Art & Culture — page 15
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The Incredible Sand Sculptures of Toshihiko Hosaka
Toshihiko Hosaka began making sand sculptures in art school and has been using beaches and sand boxes as his canvas for almost 20 years. His work defies what we typically think of as sand art as he s…
Photographer Shoichi Aoki on capturing Tokyo street fashion
For over two decades, Japanese photographer Shoichi Aoki has been documenting the most outlandish, provocative and definitive Tokyo street fashion. But in December 2016, Aoki shut down the cult …
Nintendo x Uniqlo T-shirt Competition Winners On Sale From May 19
Uniqlo’s UT Grand Prix T-shirt design contest received the largest number of entries ever last year. The theme of the competition was Nintendo and fans from all over the world were invited to su…
Sacred island of Okinoshima recommended for UNESCO World Heritage site status
Japan and its tourism industry is obsessed with UNESCO World Heritage sites, a fascination driven by a highly successful TV show. While other countries boast many more registered sites, locals are ra…
Keeping Japan’s Traditional Music Alive: Koto Player Curtis Patterson
Chicago-born Curtis Patterson has lived in Japan since 1986, dedicating himself to the koto, a traditional Japanese instrument something like the harp. In addition to composing and performing mu…
Tokyo Boogie-Woogie
Photo: Hiromu Nagahara and his new book, “Tokyo Boogie-Woogie: Japan’s Pop Era and Its Discontents,” published by Harvard University Press. The book explores pop music and the transformatio…
The 3 Million Yen MUJI Hut, Coming this Fall
A year and a half ago, MUJI revealed plans to begin selling huts: small, humble abodes that would allow users to enjoy the simple pleasures of life, anywhere they wanted. They commissioned 3 notable …
May 2017: 5 Events Not to Miss in Tokyo
After a long winter and bouts of rain, it’s finally beginning to feel like spring. June will be rainy and uncomfortably humid, so why not enjoy the nice, warm weather while it lasts by heading out to…
You Can Now Own a Kengo Kuma-Designed Trailer Home for 3.5 Million Yen
Are you looking to downsize from your expensive city apartment? Or Maybe you’re just looking to simplify your life? Well now you can do so in style thanks to a collaboration between architect Kengo K…