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Tag: Japan

Places I want to go when it’s safe

TravelJanuary 23, 2021January 23
COVID-19 / France / Japan / Portugal / UK / USA
A plane wing above clouds in the sky

Screw you, COVID-19! Let me go to my favourites cities in the world!

A samurai made out of a single piece of paper

ArtJanuary 19, 2021January 19
Japan / Samurai
A samurai made out of a single piece of paper

If I came up against a samurai, I'd fold too.

Shoji Morimoto: a Tokyo “rent-a-person”

SocietyJanuary 18, 2021January 18
Japan / Life

Aloneness isn't the same as loneliness but if you need someone, maybe this Japanese man can help.

The history of Toonami according to Toy Galaxy

TelevisionNovember 28, 2020November 25
Animation / Cartoon / Japan / Toy Galaxy
The history of Toonami according to Toy Galaxy

Dig into the history of Toonami with Toy Galaxy and find out how it went from a daytime block of cartoons to a late-night staple for older viewers of anime.

Los Angeles’s Hidden Japanese Village

TravelSeptember 28, 2020September 28
Japan / USA

Peter Lai's giant treasure trove of Japanese collectibles can be found in a Los Angeles warehouse.

Manga Entertainment brings us Akira in 4K

FilmAugust 30, 2020August 28
Animation / Japan
akira

Akira is a cornerstone of cult film and cyberpunk culture and now you can watch it in 4K in select cinemas across the country.

How to make a Taiwanese Castella

Food & DrinkAugust 24, 2020January 12
How To / Japan / Portugal / Recipes / Taiwan
Taiwanese Castella

From Portugal to Japan and then to Taiwan, the Castella is a rich sponge cake that goes well with coffee or green tea. Here's a video recipe.

The Instagram account capturing Japanese facades

ArchitectureAugust 21, 2020August 21
Instagram / Japan
japanese facade

@ka_nai, an anonymous Instagram user, exhibits various facades in Japan in varying quality, shapes, and sizes.

Indo apples, samurai, and Japanese farmers

Food & DrinkAugust 18, 2020November 3
Apples / Japan / Samurai
Indo apple

The Indo apple is Japan's first cultivated apple but how did it come to be? And how did the Fuji apple get so popular?

The night photography of Junya Watanabe

PhotographyAugust 13, 2020August 13
Japan
Junya Watanabe cityscape

The Tokyo-based photographer captures a muted vibrancy of the Japanese city with their custom made presets.

Shape Grammars by Jannis Maroscheck is a book of shapes and systems

CultureAugust 12, 2020August 19
Germany / Japan
Cover for Shape Grammars

Maroscheck—a German graphic design student—created a design volume of shapes in response to a world dominated by AI.

Black polyglot speaks Japanese, Mandarin, and Arabic

LanguageAugust 9, 2020November 24
Black Culture / Germany / Japan / Multilinguism
Black polyglot speaks Japanese, Mandarin, and Arabic

Moses "Mouse" McCormick is a Black polyglot and loves to speak to strangers in their native tongues. Here's an example.

Fine: the Shanghai cafe that measures 20 square metres

ArchitectureMay 27, 2020January 25
Brutalism / China / Japan / Minimalism
Fine café in Shanghai

In Shanghai, Fine 西洋果子店 (or Fine for short) fits a mixed minimalist Japanese-style cafe into 20 square metres.

The rise and demise of Betamax

TechnologyMay 10, 2020May 26
Japan / VHS / Video
betamax-video-cassettes

Before DVDs, Blu-Ray discs and even VHS tapes, there was the Betamax.

The captivating neon photography of Liam Wong

PhotographyJuly 9, 2019July 9
Canada / Japan
Liam Wong - Tokyo Nights (TO:KY:OO)

Art director & photographer Liam Wong shows how alluring night time can be with his trademark "neon noir cyberpunk" photography. There's something so appealing about the night. People unwind and live their second lives - for those who aren't asleep. The darkness is brought alive by lights of varying types and colours. And Liam Wong …

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