Mirrors, lights, and household furnishings converge on a grand scale in the luminous installations of Song Dong. The Chinese artist’s interdisciplinary practice often combines performance, sculpture, painting, video, and calligraphy…
What do the objects we surround ourselves with say about who we are? For Angela Burson, the shirt we pluck from the closet in the morning and the drink we…
Kyoto drops out of the top 10 in annual survey. Every year, Japanese travel booking agency Jalan, through its Jalan Research Center, conducts a survey among Japanese domestic travelers, asking…
Kowloon Walled City, considered the densest settlement on the planet, was demolished in the mid-1990s. At its height in the ’80s, it was home to around 33,000 people—a government survey…
Sometimes the secret to an unforgettable flavor lies in just one simple step. Living in Japan, you’ll soon notice the seasonal availability and pricing of fruits and vegetables. At some…
Tokyo has never seen this much blue steel since Hansel and Derek Zoolander. Can anyone be a model? This question has long been on the mind of our reporter Mr…