Japan
Snowboarders carve deep lines into Asia’s hidden cultures
Riding off the beaten track — In Loose Change, snowboarders Niels Schack and Sparrow Knox set out to ride through four countries off snowboarding’s radar: Turkey, India, Kazakhstan and Japan.
Written by: Robin Nierynck
A total non-interview with Japan's quirkiest artist
Shutdown by a wizard of whimsy — Given a chance to speak with cartoonish mastermind Misaki Kawai, we were keen to learn more. The only problem? Her answers are as blunt as they are bizarre...
Written by: Cian Traynor
Video: A culture-shocked tour of Japan by skateboard
Lost in Translation — Skaters Ishod Wair, Peter Ramondetta, Raven Tershy and Kevin Terpening rip through three Japanese cities with little sleep and plenty of confusion.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Video: Japanese dancers chase the hip hop dream in LA
L.A. Dreamers — Five Japanese hip hop dancers share their experience of trying to make it in Los Angeles in a beautiful short documentary from Dani Fortuny and Igor Kosenko.
Written by: HUCK HQ
The pioneering Manga artists who created a new genre of Japanese girls’ comics
Shojo Manga — The Atkinson Galleries, Southport presents the first major exhibition of Japanese Shojo Manga in the UK.
Written by: Kyle Nathan Brown
Checking in to Japan’s first Android Hotel
The future is closer than it appears — Motherboard and KAYAK check in to Japan’s robot-staffed Henn-na Hotel. Are they in a for a great night’s sleep or a nightmare vision of the future?
Written by: Advertorial
Clet Abraham’s hacked street signs speak love to power
Disobedient objects — Artist Clet Abraham’s mischievously modified signage subverts authorities’ attempts to make us obedient citizens.
Written by: Sam Warner
Tokyo as you’ve never seen it before
Breaking out the toy box — Toy Tokyo tracks down the photographers who use toy analogue cameras, like the iconic Diana, Holga 120 and LOMO LC-A, on the streets of Tokyo to capture the Japanese megacity like never before.
Written by: Alex King