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What are Japanese designers thinking about?
Pirate radios turned Tokyo’s streets into broadcast havens.
Yazawa’s manga wears its heart out loud, stitched in Westwood’s tartan.
How Shibari uses rope to explore connection, balance, and trust.

CREATOR SPOTLIGHT
Fashion folds into fantasy as Grounds reshapes silhouettes and soles.
Yokogao Picks
Sharing Japanese culture through a curated selection of film
A city that builds itself while everything else falls apart.
Ghibli’s first movie shows us Miyazaki’s dreams for a simpler time.
From the streets to the ring, Joe punched through history.
Baroque armors, cyberpunk muses—CLAMP’s art redefines manga storytelling.
Underwater worlds and robotic fantasies.
Hasui painted the kind of calm most people miss.
Chris Pyrate paints Tokyo with pastel chaos and sakura dreams.
A ping pong table, a window, and four years waiting.
What are Japanese designers thinking about?
Yazawa’s manga wears its heart out loud, stitched in Westwood’s tartan.
Genderless kei blends comfort, color, and confidence with effortless charm.
A knit cap, pink jacket, and 40,000 kilometers later.
Vinyl crackle warmth meets soft rap flow in Mamiko’s world.
Inside the Godzilla suit, Haruo Nakajima became a legend.
Anno’s DV masterpiece exposes raw 90s youth angst and desire.
A Miike film is chaos, carnage, and comedy in equal measure.
Masa weaves Japanese soul into Venetian plates.
Where Japanese traditions and fusion flavors redefine Brazilian dining.
Born from post-war Japan’s hunger, the origin story of instant ramen.
Japanese cuisine reimagined with Western flair and nostalgic flavors.
Pirate radios turned Tokyo’s streets into broadcast havens.
Traditional hunters preserving nature and culture deep in Japan’s north.
Some vanish from shame, others from life, all chasing silence somewhere.
How one teacher made crying in class completely make sense.
Gaming
Your own rusty kei truck and the endless countryside—Honcho is pure Showa charm.
How Sony turned quiet curiosity into a cultural phenomenon.
Where strangers became allies, and commutes turned legendary.
A fiery path of revenge and honor shapes Scorpion’s legacy.
Redefining nightlife with unapologetic energy and Y2K aesthetics.