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#Shimanuki Taisuke

#ART #STAGE

Art writer and editor, born 1980 in Kanagawa. Based in Kyoto and Beppu, he also travels to Tokyo, writing, editing, and planning for CINRA.NET, Tokyo Art Beat, Bijutsu Techo, etc. From the fall of 2022, he will hold the performance event "Small Onsen Art Festival Yunoue FOREVER! The second event is scheduled to be held in the fall of 2023.

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SPECIAL #ART

Reflecting on KYOTOGRAPHIE and KG＋SELECT＋SELECT: What International Photo Festivals Can Truly Do

Shimanuki Taisuke 2025.6.20｜15:33
SPECIAL #ART

A Tale of Two Festivals: Energy Disparities at Summer Sonic Osaka and MUSIC LOVES ART

Shimanuki Taisuke 2024.9.25｜21:36
SPECIAL #OTHER

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Review – Unveiling Challenges in Japanese-Made Blockbuster Games

Shimanuki Taisuke 2024.3.1｜15:29
SPECIAL #MOVIE

Kankuro Kudo and Yoshihide Otomo: An Extraordinary Life with an End in “A Town Without Seasons”

Shimanuki Taisuke 2023.8.24｜10:00
SPECIAL #STAGE

Revivification of life with Hi-Bye’s “Rebirth”

Shimanuki Taisuke 2023.6.21｜15:36

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Reflecting on KYOTOGRAPHIE and KG＋SELECT＋SELECT: What International Photo Festivals Can Truly Do

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Manami Kakudo’s Yamagata Performance: A Musical Collaboration with Local Artists

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#BOOK

AiNA THE END Looks Back on 30 Years: From Obscurity to Life After BiSH

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#MUSIC

OGRE YOU ASSHOLE × Cornelius: Bound by a Distant Closeness

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Eiko Ishibashi Reflects on Music Today: Anger and Ambiguous Affirmation in Antigone

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#MOVIE

Shintaro Sakamoto Through the Eyes of Tokyo Swindlers’ Director

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#BOOK

Butter’s Asako Yuzuki on Why Overlooked Japanese Novels Became Global Sensations

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#MOVIE

How ‘Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX’ Reinvents the Universal Century with Anno, Tsurumaki, and Enokido at the Helm

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#MUSIC 2025.7.11

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#ART 2025.7.12

Okayama’s Bizen City Art Museum Opens with Picasso and Bizen Ceramics

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