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Culture

A total non-interview with Japan's quirkiest artist

Shutdown by a wizard of whimsy — Given a chance to speak with cartoonish mastermind Misaki Kawai, we were keen to learn more. The only problem? Her answers are as blunt as they are bizarre...

Written by: Cian Traynor

Skate

Video: A culture-shocked tour of Japan by skateboard

Lost in Translation — Skaters Ishod Wair, Peter Ramondetta, Raven Tershy and Kevin Terpening rip through three Japanese cities with little sleep and plenty of confusion.

Written by: HUCK HQ

Film

Video: Japanese dancers chase the hip hop dream in LA

L.A. Dreamers — Five Japanese hip hop dancers share their experience of trying to make it in Los Angeles in a beautiful short documentary from Dani Fortuny and Igor Kosenko.

Written by: HUCK HQ

Art

The pioneering Manga artists who created a new genre of Japanese girls’ comics

Shojo Manga — The Atkinson Galleries, Southport presents the first major exhibition of Japanese Shojo Manga in the UK.

Written by: Kyle Nathan Brown

Film

Checking in to Japan’s first Android Hotel

The future is closer than it appears — Motherboard and KAYAK check in to Japan’s robot-staffed Henn-na Hotel. Are they in a for a great night’s sleep or a nightmare vision of the future?

Written by: Advertorial

Art

Clet Abraham’s hacked street signs speak love to power

Disobedient objects — Artist Clet Abraham’s mischievously modified signage subverts authorities’ attempts to make us obedient citizens.

Written by: Sam Warner

Culture

Tokyo as you’ve never seen it before

Breaking out the toy box — Toy Tokyo tracks down the photographers who use toy analogue cameras, like the iconic Diana, Holga 120 and LOMO LC-A, on the streets of Tokyo to capture the Japanese megacity like never before.

Written by: Alex King

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