ARTS
Araki Teller, Teller Araki: Raw, Intimate, and Sensual
Two pillars of contemporary photography, two genres of subversion, now reunited in one collaborative project
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ARTS
The Emergence of the Modern Woman in Japan
The 1920s saw the advent of a new artistic movement, Japanese modernism, during which women were emancipated from their traditional role.
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ARTS
Hokusai‘s Encyclopaedic Manga Project
This 15-volume work was a way for the artist to confirm his legacy and where he would explain his theory of art.
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CULTURE
In ‘Hotaru’, William Laboury Questions the Meaning of Our Collective Memory
The short film depicts a young girl who is a custodian of the memories of Earth and who is then sent into space.
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FOOD
Paris, Tokyo: Ryuji Teshima
In this new episode of Paris, Tokyo, meet Michelin-starred chef Ryuji Teshima, also known as Teshi. His restaurant, 'Pages', opened in Paris in 2014.
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HIGHLIGHTS

ARTS
Hotel Keyforest Hokuto, Where Keith Haring Meets the Jomon Era
The ‘Nakamura Keith Haring Collection’ was established by gallery director Kazuo Nakamura as a place for his personal collection.
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ARTS
Chiharu Shiota, Red Threads of the Soul
Last year, more than 660,000 people visited the retrospective 'Chiharu Shiota: The Soul Trembles' exhibit at the Mori Art Museum.
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DESIGN
Created by oysters, cultivated by humans
It was the Mikimoto jewellery house, in the Ise-Shima region of Japan, that discovered for the first time how to grow a cultured pearl.
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Paris, Tokyo: Nobuyuki Nakajima

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DJ Gonno “SHIN-EI Press” – VOISKI REMIX –

Launched in 2016, INDUSTRIAL JP is an experimental project that transforms small factories in Japan with cutting-edge technology into music labels.
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DJ Gonno “SHIN-EI Press” – VOISKI REMIX –

Launched in 2016, INDUSTRIAL JP is an experimental project that transforms small factories in Japan with cutting-edge technology into music labels.
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Paris, Tokyo: Ryuji Teshima

In this new episode of Paris, Tokyo, meet Michelin-starred chef Ryuji Teshima, also known as Teshi. His restaurant, 'Pages', opened in Paris in 2014.
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Paris, Tokyo: Emmanuelle Moureaux

In this new episode of Paris, Tokyo, we meet Emmanuelle Moureaux. This French architect and designer has been living and working in Tokyo for twenty years.

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Paris, Tokyo: Dominique Bouchet

In this episode of ‘Paris, Tokyo’, celebrated chef Dominique Bouchet talks about the love for Japan that he has harboured for several decades now.

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A Sailing Tradition

For several centuries, Anori Puppet Play has been performed at Anori Shrine, which stands on Cape Anori within Shima City, Mie Prefecture.

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DESIGN

Paris, Tokyo: Gildas and Masaya – MAISON KITSUNÉ

Gildas Loaëc and Masaya Kuroki invite us inside Maison Kitsuné, a fashion / music / coffee house, marrying Japanese precision with Parisian exuberance.
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ARTS

Paris, Kyoto: Kohei Nawa

The Japanese sculptor Kohei Nawa talks us about his monumental work Throne currently displayed under the Pyramid of the Musée du Louvre in Paris.
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TRAVEL

The Portrait of an Island: BULL SUMO

Among the Amami Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture is an island with a long history of bullfighting that’s expected to become a world heritage site.
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FOOD

Paris, Tokyo: Robert Compagnon

With his co-chef and talented wife, Jessica Yang, Robert Compagnon opened one of the top new restaurants in Paris: Le Rigmarole.
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Deco Tora: Techno on the Road

Deco-Tora is a genre of custom trucks, which has been a popular sub-culture in Japan since the 1960s, among workers in the delivery service industry.

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