Issue #259

Issue #259: Spring 2007

 

Steve McCurry
 
 
Editorial
 
Spring in Japan
Season of wind and flowers
 
Steve McCurry snaps Asia
Interview with the top photographer of a
continent
 
Shunsuke Nakamura
The ‘footballing firefly’ lights up the Scottish
gloom
 
The Whale Wars
The Whale Wars
Whalers and anti-whalers go
head-to-head in Antarctic seas
 
Death of a Whale
Greenpeace photographer Jeremy
Sutton-Hibbert in the wake
of the whalers
Stop Blubbering About Whales
Whaling expert Shigeko Misaki explains
the case for whaling
 
 

 

   

National Art Center Tokyo
The Culture of Comfort
The perfect pad for your Tokyo high life
 
National Art Center Tokyo

Architectural legend Kisho Kurokawa

introduces his latest masterpiece
 
Club Review
The tantalizing World of Tantra
 
Focus on Shibuya
From ‘bitter valley’ to schoolgirl heaven

   
   
   
Tokyo Landmark

The national gymnasium
The National Gymnasium
 
Through the Wall of Fools
Japan’s most popular philosopher
explains his philosophy
Soul Flower Mononoke Summit
Rockers from the rubble go rootsy

kaleidoscope

Film
The Matsugane Potshot Affair/
Dororo/ Mushishi (Bugmaster)/
Ryu Ga Gotoku: Gekijo-ban/
Sakebi (Retribution)

Horrorscope + Free Gifts

 
   
   

Issues #258

Issue #258: Winter 2006

 
 
 
Editorial
 
The Belly of an Architect
Toyo Ito finding inspiration in a ‘loose
condition’
 
Japan’s Crystal Winter
Musings and art inspired by the coldest
season
 
 
 
 
Homes of the Homeless
How Tokyo’s homeless make the   best of a
bad situation
 
Christmas Message
From the archbishop of Tokyo
 
Roppongi Area Focus
The ever changing heart of an ever
changing city

Tokyo Landmark
The Tokyo Tower

The Noppon Brothers
Tokyo Tower’s terrible twins

Bar Bourbon Street

 
 

 

   
Comfort in the City
Takanawa Executive Suite Apartments
 
Freemasonry in Japan

The mysterious ‘craft’ divulge a few secrets

 
Beijing Spring?
China’s revolutionary art ghetto
 
Season’s Greetings from Kim Jong II
What North Korea’s colorful dictator is
really playing at

Summer Film Festivals

   
   
   
kaleidoscope
Film
 
Faces of a fig tree (Ichijiku no kao)
Paprika
Conversations with Other Women
Murder of the Inugami Clan
Love and Honor / Bushi no ichibun
Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story

Classifieds

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Events

 
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Issues #257

Issue #257: Autumn 2006

 
 
 
Editorial
 
Playing with Dolls
japan’s latest love toys
 
Japanese Horror
staying cool the traditional way
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beastly and a Beauty
fuyuko matsui and the new dark wave of
japanese art
 
Lost for Words
us ambassador’s response to 9/11
articles
 
Report from the Rubble
how ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’ are
playing out in iraq
 
   
   
Focus on Ginza
tokyo’s golden mile
 
Bar & Restaurant review

sherry club style

 
Spook Guide
all you wanted to know about obake but
were afraid to ask
 
Summer Rhythms
african music in japan

Summer Film Festivals

   
   
   
kaleidoscope
Book Review
dr. ikkaku ochi collection
 
Best of the Fests
 
Rock ‘n’ Groove
All Summer Long

Film

Travel

the caves of nippara

Classifieds

Horrorscope + Free Gifts

 
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Issues #256

Issue #256: Summer 2006

 
 
 
Editorial
 
Playing with Dolls
japan’s latest love toys
 
Japanese Horror
staying cool the traditional way
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beastly and a Beauty
fuyuko matsui and the new dark wave of
japanese art
 
Lost for Words
us ambassador’s response to 9/11
articles
 
Report from the Rubble
how ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’ are
playing out in iraq
 
 

 

   
Focus on Ginza
tokyo’s golden mile
 
Bar & Restaurant review

sherry club style

 
Spook Guide
all you wanted to know about obake but
were afraid to ask
 
Summer Rhythms
african music in japan

Summer Film Festivals

   
   
   
kaleidoscope
Book Review
dr. ikkaku ochi collection
 
Best of the Fests
 
Rock ‘n’ Groove
All Summer Long

Film

Travel

the caves of nippara

Classifieds

Horrorscope + Free Gifts

 
  tokyo kaleidoscope
   

Issues #255

Issue #255: Spring 2006

 
 
Editorial
 
Staring at the Sun
9-11 and all that
 
Conspiracy — Yes,
Theory — No
Peace campaigner Yumi Kikuchi
 
Quiet Riot
 
 
 
 
 
Tokyo Faces
Main Street Matinee
 
MBA Remains Global Business
Standard
 
MBA Rankings
 
 
 

 

   
 
 
TJ Retrospective
 

New Age Japanese Gardens

 
Luxury Apartments
Living the High Life!
 
Italy’s Bento Box of Culture
 
   
   
   
kaleidoscope
CD Reviews
Film
Yubari Film Festival
Best Collecting Buys in Tokyo
Classifieds
Horrorscope + Free Gifts
 
  tokyo kaleidoscope
   

Issues #251

Issue #251: Summer 2004

 

natsuo kirino
 
editorial
 
 
natsuo kirino
a bento for edgar allan poe
 
Loose Lips
what the japanese are saying
 
 
 
 
 
 
cuba
smoking the big cigar
 
business samurai
under the knife?
 
tokyo faces
eastside story in fukagawa
 
 
 

cuba

   

austriam rules football
hachijojima
a little travel goes a long way
 
music festival
madness get rocked out this summer
 
australian rules football
catching on in Japan
 
comfort in the city
bureau shinagawa
   
   
   
summer events
 
cd reviews
 
dvd reviews
 
CD Reviews
 
book review
film reviews
   
   
tokyo kaleidoscope
 
ukiyo-e
the origins of japan’s comic culture
 
tokyo art scene
tomio koyama gallery
 
tokyo classifieds
 
horrorscope
 
free gifts
tokyo kaleidoscope  
   

Issues #250

Issue #250: Spring 2004

 

mexico
 
 
Editorial

samurai special
kanrin maru

 
mexico
redrawing the mental map
 
 
living in tokyo
 
satori in the suburbs
lose yourself in saitama
living in tokyo made easy

loose lips
what the japanese are saying

   

soaked to the bone
 
soaked to the bone
four of the best onsen in japan
aoyuzu
keeping it fresh
blue + waza
no borders here

tokyo faces
blue collar in kyojima

   
   
   
 
DVD reviews
 
 
 
 
tokyokaleidoscope
events calendar

cd reviews

dvd reviews

film reviews

book reviews

 
   

gallery koyanagi
 
kusamatrix
gallery koyanagi

tokyo classifieds


horrorscope

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Issues #254

Issue #254: Autumn 2005

 
 
Editorial
 
An Old Man and the Sea
minoru saito sets solo
circumnavigation record at 71
 
Tokyo Journal
retrospective
 
Loose Lips
what the japanese are saying
 
 
 
 
 
 
In a Tokyo Garden
 
 tokyojournal exclusive interview
 

 
 

Tokyo Garden

   
 
 
Under the Cliff
old houses and gardens in

Negishi

 
 
Interview with Sunhee Kim
curator, mori art museum
 
 
   
   
   
kaleidoscope
DVD Reviews
CD Reviews
Film
Pia Film Festival
Pia Film Festival
Boom Town
On Conceptual Clothing
Classifieds
Horrorscope + Free Gifts
 
  tokyo kaleidoscope
   

Issues #252

Issue #252: Winter 2004

 

Torihada Minoru
 
editorial
 
torihada minoru
odd man out
 
loose lips
what the japanese are saying
 
japanese gardens
for the higher sel
 
bonsai
for banzai
 
 
tokyo faces
ends of infinity
 
chinese invasion
art takes over
 
no comment
 
windsor hotel
 
resort and spa

japanese gardens

   

dining
weddings
walking down the aisle tokyo style
 
the miracle of 1905

how the japanese beat the russian giant

 
dining
best of both worlds
 
mba rankings
film fest mania
in tokyo
   
   
   
tokyo kaleidoscope
 
cd reviews
 
dvd reviews
 
film reviews
 
art
film reviews
   
   
tokyo art scene
scai the bathhouse
 
book review
 
tokyo classifieds
 
 
horrorscope
 
free gifts
 
 
tokyo kaleidoscope