ARTS
‘YUGEN’ at Art Fair Tokyo: Illumination through Obscurity
In this exhibition curated by Tara Londi, eight international artists gave their rendition of the fundamental Japanese aesthetic concept.
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CULTURE
WaqWaq Kingdom, Music of Ultramodern Folklore
The duo of Shigeru Ishihara and Kiki Hitomi soaks experimental club sounds and international rhythms into Japanese myth.
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DESIGN
A Rare Japanese Garden Hidden Within Honen-in Temple in Kyoto
Visible only twice a year, ‘Empty River’, designed by landscape architect Marc Peter Keane, evokes the carbon cycle.
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ARTS
Always Shooting, Never Shot: Motohiro Hayakawa’s Fantasy Battlegrounds
In these colourful and cluttered paintings, mysterious landscapes teem with aliens, monsters, and the occasional human.
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The Artistry of Bondage by Hajime Kinoko
The artist transcends the practice of ‘shibari’ in performances where threads, not bodies, take center stage.
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FOOD
Whisky on the Red Dot
Close to Kushiro in Hokkaido lies the port town of Akkeshi facing the Pacific Ocean. Some see Akkeshi as the new Holy Land of Japanese whiskey brands.
TRAVEL
Built to Please Westerners, the Hotel is Where the True Essence of Japanese Hospitality Breathes
The Mampei Hotel (originally the Kameya Hotel) in the upmarket mountain resort of Karuizawa was the first in the area built to host Western guests.
ARTS
1964 — Photographer Cody Ellingham Explores the Architecture of the First Tokyo Olympics
We visit with architectural photographer Cody Ellingham the modern forms of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics in Komazawa Olympic Park and Nippon Budokan.

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