Why Tokyo Has So Many Record Stores
In a country where curation itself has long carried economic value, the identities of Tokyo’s record stores are inseparable from the owners’ personal obsessions.
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Horror Puzzle Video Game ‘The Exit 8’ Is an Inescapable Meme
The horror puzzle video game The Exit 8 is peak capitalist art, or if you prefer, content farm. Either way, it’s also an inescapable meme.
Robert Whiting’s Life Comes Full Circle with His Latest Book, ‘Tokyo Junkie’
Robert Whiting’s aim in ‘Tokyo Junkie’ and all of his writing is to delineate the cultural differences and similarities between Japan and the United States.
‘Red Colored Elegy’ Is a Most Un-manga Manga Classic
Seiichi Hayashi renders struggles through sometimes obscure, but always evocative imagery in Red Colored Elegy.
Satoko Fujii Orchestra Tokyo: Peace
Japanese composer Satoko Fujii takes another crack at the big band route in the way only she can.