‘Love Exposure’: the batshit crazy Japanese movie that combines parkour with upskirt photography
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Gorgeous covers of the Japanese magazine ‘Teen Look’ from the 1960s
When the Japanese decide to do something right, they really do it right.
The insane Japanese game show where contestants get hand jobs while singing karaoke
Leave it to late-night Japanese television to make things weird.
‘Love Exposure’: The sprawling Japanese cult masterpiece that you need to see before you die
Sin, perversion, cults, and rock‑opera levels of emotional overload.
The gorgeously disaffected arty glam rock of David Sylvian and Japan
Glam rock’s history is clustered into two distinct eras: its initial early 70s glitter-pop boom (T.Rex, Sweet, Slade, Suzi, Bowie, New York Dolls) and its…
Back to the Future: Bryan Ferry live in concert, Japan 1977
In 1983, Dexy’s Midnight Runners’ frontman Kevin Rowland managed to get his band booted off their prestigious support gig on David Bowie’s Serious Moonlight tour.…
Big in Japan: Cheesy vintage ads for arcade and video games from the 1980s
That moment in Field of Dreams when Kevin Costner hears a voice saying “If you build it, he will come” was really bad financial advice.…
Friend or enema: Japan’s latest supercute mascot goes where the sun don’t shine
Adorable mascots are an ingrained part of Japanese culture in a way that isn’t true in the U.S. or Britain. According to the 2011 book…
Crime and punishment in Japan during the Edo Period included tattooing the faces & arms of criminals
An example of the various face tattoos given to criminals in Japan during the Edo Period. The art of tattooing has a very long history…
The hard hitting hair metal puppet journalism of Japan’s ‘Pure Rock Digest’
Given its highly visual element, 80s glam metal was tailor-made for the MTV age. It was born, matured and died on heavy video rotation, perhaps…