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Monday, December 15, 2025

EXHIBITION REVIEW: SAMIRO YUNOKI (TOKYO OPERA CITY ART GALLERY)

Colin Liddell December 15, 2025 0

Installation view Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery’s retrospective of Samiro Yunoki, who recently passed away at the impressive age of 102, is l...

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

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"HOKKAIDO" BY DAIDO MORIYAMA

Colin Liddell December 09, 2025 0

Daido Moriyama is a legend of Japanese photography. He is well known for his raw, gritty, and often decentred images. This video of his wo...

Thursday, December 4, 2025

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SHIBUYA STREET LIVE: RINA (梨奈)

Colin Liddell December 04, 2025 0

In Japan, busking in train stations is very well organised, as we can see in this performance by Rina ( 梨奈 ) on the 18th of October, 2025....

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

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RESTAURANT REVIEW: YORONIKU (MINAMI-AOYAMA)

Colin Liddell December 03, 2025 0

Photo: WebLeon Look, if you’re in Tokyo and you love beef, Yoroniku is the place you book months in advance and then lie to your friends abo...

Monday, December 1, 2025

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TOKYO ART PICKS (DECEMBER)

Colin Liddell December 01, 2025 0

In numbers of eyeballs on artworks Tokyo is the unchallenged World capital of art, so there's always plenty to see (and some of it...

Thursday, November 27, 2025

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DISHY HEADGEAR: WEAR IT, DON'T EAT IT!

Colin Liddell November 27, 2025 0

Hayashi rice A quirky company called Nippon Sample Crafts, which may or may not be based in Tokyo, has decided that the only thing better th...

Monday, November 17, 2025

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RIDE THE SEAGULL!

Colin Liddell November 17, 2025 0

Called the "Yuri Kamome Line" (literally the "black-headed gull line"), this is one of Tokyo's most scenic train l...

Friday, November 14, 2025

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EXHIBITION REVIEW: VIENNESE STYLE

Colin Liddell November 14, 2025 0

The story behind the exhibition now on at the Panasonic Shiodome Museum of Art is a strong one, but you may need to sharpen a few histor...

Thursday, November 6, 2025

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HOW JAPANESE SUPERSTITION CRASHED THE BIRTH RATE

Colin Liddell November 06, 2025 0

Mizuko Kuyo: The Japanese Ritual of Mourning The Unborn Make no mistake about it, under present conditions Japan is a doomed country....

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

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TOKYO GIG PICK: KNEECAP (JANUARY)

Colin Liddell November 04, 2025 0

Tokyo debut! The Belfast bad boys have certainly made the headlines this year. Next January, they at long last bring their terrorism-tinged ...

Saturday, November 1, 2025

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EXHIBITION REVIEW: AKI SASAMOTO'S LIFE LABORATORY

Colin Liddell November 01, 2025 0

Still from "Random Memo Random" (2016) Aki Sasamoto’s "Life Laboratory" at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT) is...

Friday, October 31, 2025

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TOKYO ART PICKS (NOVEMBER)

Colin Liddell October 31, 2025 0

"The Frog in the Well Knows Nothing of the Ocean" (2025) NSDC In numbers of eyeballs on artworks Tokyo is the unchallenged World...

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