CULTURE
Pinku Eiga, the World of Erotic and Engaged Japanese Cinema
Pinku eiga (pink films), is a film genre that combines eroticism and violence and implicitly dissects the idiosyncrasies of Japanese society.
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CULTURE
The Book ‘Tokyo Vice’ Comes to the Small Screen
After yakuza, hostess bars and trafficking of all kinds created intrigue in a successful novel, it wasn't long before the small screen snapped it up.
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CULTURE
The Virtues of the Tea Ceremony in the Digital Age
Long considered as rigid and elitist due to its many rules, the Japanese tea ceremony has recently come back into fashion.
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ARTS
Hatarakimono: Portraits of Japanese Workers by K-NARF
With a hundred portraits of Japanese workers in uniform, Hatarakimono Project bears witness to an upheaval in the world of work.
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CULTURE
Paris, Tokyo: Nobuyuki Nakajima
In the last episode in the series Paris, Tokyo, we meet pianist, arranger and composer Nobuyuki Nakajima, who now works in Paris with singer Jane Birkin.
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HIGHLIGHTS

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
A House Uniting Modernity with Okinawan Nature and Tradition
Atop a small hill in Nanjo City, Okinawa, there sits a large house with a concrete roof. It is the home-cum-office of Toshiyuki Igarashi.
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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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TRAVEL

Ecological and Architectural Prowess at Memu Earth Hotel

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Nishinoshima: the Birth of an Island

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CULTURE

The Book ‘Tokyo Vice’ Comes to the Small Screen

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CULTURE

The Virtues of the Tea Ceremony in the Digital Age

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CULTURE

Pinku Eiga, the World of Erotic and Engaged Japanese Cinema

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FOOD

Mochi Takes up Residence in Paris

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ARTS

Plastic Food, Irwin Wong’s Photographic Series on Replica Culinary Creations

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CULTURE

Meet Kozaburo Akasaka, Fashion’s Purveyor of Grunge

60 days ago

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The Lake Biwa Itinerary

VIDEOS

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DESIGN

NEON GLOW

The neon sign master Hidenobu Takahashi became enchanted with neon signs in New York and is now the man who crafts many of Tokyo’s glowing message boards.
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DESIGN

The Music Behind the Music

In Japan, masters craft the treasured guitars of legendary musicians such as Paul McCartney, Graham Nash, and the God of Guitar himself, Carlos Santana.

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DESIGN

The Music Behind the Music

In Japan, masters craft the treasured guitars of legendary musicians such as Paul McCartney, Graham Nash, and the God of Guitar himself, Carlos Santana.

CULTURE

Paris, Tokyo: Nobuyuki Nakajima

In the last episode in the series Paris, Tokyo, we meet pianist, arranger and composer Nobuyuki Nakajima, who now works in Paris with singer Jane Birkin.
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.
DESIGN

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.

FOOD

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.

3:57
TRAVEL

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.

3:26
CULTURE

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.
3:12
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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    Hiroshi Nagai's Sun-Drenched Pop Paintings Pay Homage to California

    Hiroshi Nagai, Japan's answer to David Hockney, has the gift of transporting viewers to the west coast of America as it was in the 1950s.
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    Zoetrope, the Temple of Japanese Bourbon

    The only independent bar in the megalopolis which is dedicated purely to Japanese whisky, without a single drop of Scottish or other European varieties.