WHAT IS THE THING WITH SAILOR SUITS?
Colin Liddell
January 22, 2026
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Sailor suits are cute. Sailor suits are sexy. And, yes, a bit pedo. But how did they go from being the uniforms of big, hairy sailors to the...
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Monday, December 15, 2025
EXHIBITION REVIEW: SAMIRO YUNOKI (TOKYO OPERA CITY ART GALLERY)
Colin Liddell
December 15, 2025
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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
"HOKKAIDO" BY DAIDO MORIYAMA
Colin Liddell
December 09, 2025
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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
SHIBUYA STREET LIVE: RINA (梨奈)
Colin Liddell
December 04, 2025
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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
RESTAURANT REVIEW: YORONIKU (MINAMI-AOYAMA)
Colin Liddell
December 03, 2025
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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...
Thursday, November 27, 2025
DISHY HEADGEAR: WEAR IT, DON'T EAT IT!
Colin Liddell
November 27, 2025
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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
RIDE THE SEAGULL!
Colin Liddell
November 17, 2025
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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
EXHIBITION REVIEW: VIENNESE STYLE
Colin Liddell
November 14, 2025
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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
HOW JAPANESE SUPERSTITION CRASHED THE BIRTH RATE
Colin Liddell
November 06, 2025
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Mizuko Kuyo: The Japanese Ritual of Mourning The Unborn Make no mistake about it, under present conditions Japan is a doomed country....
Saturday, November 1, 2025
EXHIBITION REVIEW: AKI SASAMOTO'S LIFE LABORATORY
Colin Liddell
November 01, 2025
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Still from "Random Memo Random" (2016) Aki Sasamoto’s "Life Laboratory" at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT) is...
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
INTERVIEW: SHUHEI YOSHIDA ON THE HISTORY OF PLAYSTATION
Colin Liddell
October 29, 2025
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For 32 years since the launch of the original PlayStation in 1993, Shuhei Yoshida (left) has been working with creators to develop content. ...
Sunday, October 26, 2025
THE STRANGENESS OF THE NEW JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER
Colin Liddell
October 26, 2025
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Japan has a new plan to stop Trump's tariffs The point of knowing things and being smart is not to just know things and be smart, it is ...
