Couple Jam Part 2
Tokyo based Photographer Hal keeps the creativity flowing this week in part 2 of the Couple Jam interview.
Couple Jam Part 1
The bathroom is the most private place in the house for most couples, Photographer Hal has made it his studio for his latest book Couple Jam.
Alien Encounters 2
Part 2 of a quirky interview with the star of the Ichigo Seijin range, the strawberry alien himself.
Alien Encounters
Part 1 of an intriguing interview with the star of the Ichigo Seijin range, the alien himself. A peculiar insight into the extraterrestrial, Japan-based character’s life.
Blabla Hospital Cures 2
Part 2 of an interview with Japanese fashion designer and Blabla Hospital Head Nurse, Akari, uncovers the difference between Tokyo and London patients, her caring nature and healing powers.
Blabla Hospital Cures 1
Japanese fashion designer Akari is often known as the Blabla Hospital Head Nurse. TokyoMade’s Deanne Tonking recently checked herself in to find out more about the increasingly popular, medically inspired Blabla Hospital.
Fashion as Communication
Groundbreaking Japanese illustrator and artist Shojono Tomo is interviewed by TokyoMade co-founder Deanne Tonking who wants to know where she finds her inspiration.
Faked Faces
Some of Japan’s best loved stars didn’t quite look the same way when they started their career. JAPANESE STREETS found this revealing video clip showing Japan’s most famous before and after plastic surgery.
Bambi is Sexy
Japanese fashion designer Bambi makes clothes that makes women stare at themselves in the mirror. Her brand Succubus is sexy written in big capital letters.
Dark Fantasies
Japanese photographer Miya Kishimura pulls you into a dark world of fantasy from which it is difficult to escape. A school girl in uniform with desperate eyes. The same girl with grotesque make-up. In another shot she lies on the street, seemingly dead. This is Kishimura’s world.
I Want to be Famous
JAPANESE STREETS ran into Tokusatsu actress Noah Kirishima at Nihon Street Festa Osaka on March 20. We uploaded some nice shots of her as Gashadokuro.
The End of Little Shrimp?
One of Japan’s most popular models, lovingly called Ebichan or ‘little shrimp’, appears to be heading toward the end of her career. For only the second time in about four years, Ebichan will not feature on the cover of CanCam.
All Bought Up by Tokyo
Japanese artist Ayako Ookubo uses manga, surreal characters and symbols in her creations. Recently Ookubo was interviewed by Tokyo Art Beat about the t-shirt she designed for the site.
YAB-YUM Interview
Shortly after their TOKYO GOTH show at the Japan Fashion Week last year I had a short e-mail exchange with YAB-YUM designer Patrick Ryan.
FÖTUS: Fashion reborn
You expect a very flashy person behind the super cool label FÖTUS, but Masahiro Saito (1958) is actually quite down-to-earth and almost shy.
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