Meme Queen/Electronic Machine: The Chronically Online Brain of Hiroko Yamamura

One of Chicago’s best DJ’s AND meme appreciators.

CultureGuest UserJune 27, 2023japanese, subculture, original, culture, japan, art, fashion, gyaru, shibuya

Portrait of a Gyaru

Shibuya, 1999.

CultureGuest UserJune 27, 2023japanese, subculture, original, culture, japan, art, fashion, gyaru, shibuya

CultureMizuki KhouryJanuary 08, 2023skateboarding, street culture, tokyo, shibuya

Skating in Tokyo - Understanding a Complex World

What’s really happening in Tokyo’s skate scene.

CultureMizuki KhouryJanuary 08, 2023skateboarding, street culture, tokyo, shibuya

Skating in Tokyo - Understanding a Complex World

CultureOra MargolisOctober 17, 2022gyaru, yone-san, yone, egg, magazine, shibuya, harajuku, street style, Harajuku fashion, 90s, 00s, comeback, blonde, mini skirt, school girl, Japanese school girl, kogal

Gyaru Culture: Yone-san and the Cult of Egg Magazine

The founder of egg magazine talks about gyaru’s past and future.

CultureOra MargolisOctober 17, 2022gyaru, yone-san, yone, egg, magazine, shibuya, harajuku, street style, Harajuku fashion, 90s, 00s, comeback, blonde, mini skirt, school girl, Japanese school girl, kogal

Gyaru Culture: Yone-san and the Cult of Egg Magazine

Art, CultureGuest UserJuly 12, 2022japanese, subculture, original, culture, japan, art, astro boy, shibuya, pixel, invader

Shibuya Takes Down Astro Boy by Invader - Another Piece of Art Killed by Bureaucracy

The iconic pixel art Astro Boy in Shibuya.

Art, CultureGuest UserJuly 12, 2022japanese, subculture, original, culture, japan, art, astro boy, shibuya, pixel, invader

Shibuya Takes Down Astro Boy by Invader - Another Piece of Art Killed by Bureaucracy

MoviesGuest UserApril 06, 2021film, live-action, iconic, cultclassic, japanese, japan, culture, movie, novel, Kunio hikita, kyokinosakura, madnessinbloom, shibuya, brawl

Kyoki No Sakura - Madness in Bloom

The controversial cult-classic film directed by Kenji Sonoda in 2002.

MoviesGuest UserApril 06, 2021film, live-action, iconic, cultclassic, japanese, japan, culture, movie, novel, Kunio hikita, kyokinosakura, madnessinbloom, shibuya, brawl

Adrian BiancoDecember 03, 2016tokyo food guide, kaikaya by the sea, tuna steak, sashimi, shibuya, teruyuki tange, sushi, best food in tokyo

Bianco meets: Teruyuki Tange

Imagine Jack Johnson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Charles Bukowski, Anthony Bourdain and Stéphane Ashpool would run a restaurant together - thats Kaikaya by the Sea... and T. Tange is the mastermind behind this.

Adrian BiancoDecember 03, 2016tokyo food guide, kaikaya by the sea, tuna steak, sashimi, shibuya, teruyuki tange, sushi, best food in tokyo