Category Culture

An introduction to Masayoshi Takanaka through five early albums that helped establish his distinctive sound within Japanese jazz fusion.

A survey of Backrooms-like spaces in Japan, where ordinary infrastructure becomes strange through closure, inaccessibility and lost purpose.

Objects that entered circulation through the systems they reflect: auction, forgery, exhibition, scarcity, and belief.

European ritual costumes photographed through fur, bells, carved masks, and seasonal folklore.

Behind Shunji Iwai’s softer image is a darker body of work shaped by psychological strain, alienation, and harsher social worlds.

KitKat in Japan moved beyond the standard chocolate bar, with flavours shaped by souvenir culture, local specialties, and product experimentation.

The highest-priced Pokémon cards are often the ones that came through stranger routes.

Surreal images grounded in everyday reality, shaped through Ishida’s observation.

Boot Boyz Biz organized references from recurring cultural fields into graphics drawn from its archive.

Tracing Satoshi Kon’s completed works and unfinished final project across a brief but influential career in animation.