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#Yuri Matsui

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Writing. I like cats, houseplants, food (charcuterie, spiced food, peaches, hard pudding, big-box Chinese, assorted) and summer. I am interested in things that cannot be reconciled. Sometimes I work as Team Unfinished.
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SPECIAL #MUSIC

KOM_I in Brazil: Living Between Cultures

Yuri Matsui 2025.4.25｜14:52
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Everyday Materials, Extraordinary Revolutions: haru. Meets Louise Bourgeois

Yuri Matsui 2024.11.7｜15:44
SERIES #ART

Art and Adolescence: Salasa’s Journey with a Silent Confidant

Yuri Matsui 2024.11.7｜13:20
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Salasa on Embracing Endings: Finding Peace in the Natural Flow of Grief

Yuri Matsui 2024.9.5｜11:26
SPECIAL #MOVIE

‘A Girl Named Ann’: Director Yu Irie and Yuki Takahashi Discuss the Challenges and Resolve in Portraying Tragic Events

Yuri Matsui 2024.6.13｜16:20
SPECIAL #BOOK

From Diaries to Dissent: Satoko Shibata’s Reflections on Seven Years and the Struggle Against the Pervasiveness of “Interesting”

Yuri Matsui 2023.12.28｜10:52
SPECIAL #MUSIC

The “Oh well” aesthetics that saved Otake@James.

Yuri Matsui 2023.7.14｜15:23

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

Shimanuki Taisuke 2025.6.20｜15:33
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Manami Kakudo’s Yamagata Performance: A Musical Collaboration with Local Artists

imdkm 2025.6.20｜14:44
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AiNA THE END Looks Back on 30 Years: From Obscurity to Life After BiSH

Shoichi Miyake 2025.6.12｜14:57
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OGRE YOU ASSHOLE × Cornelius: Bound by a Distant Closeness

Yuji Shibasaki 2025.6.6｜17:01
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Eiko Ishibashi Reflects on Music Today: Anger and Ambiguous Affirmation in Antigone

Shoichi Yamamoto 2025.6.6｜12:43
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Shintaro Sakamoto Through the Eyes of Tokyo Swindlers’ Director

Ryohei Matsunaga 2025.5.15｜14:52
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Butter’s Asako Yuzuki on Why Overlooked Japanese Novels Became Global Sensations

Yoko Hasada 2025.5.2｜18:41
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How ‘Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX’ Reinvents the Universal Century with Anno, Tsurumaki, and Enokido at the Helm

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EVENTS

#MUSIC 2025.7.29

Yukkyun Announces KYUN DIVA FESTIVAL with First Wave of Artists

NiEW 2025.6.13｜11:32
#MUSIC 2025.8.3

D.A.N. Returns to the Stage with Solo Concert at Hibiya Open Air Concert Hall

NiEW 2025.3.13｜11:39
#MUSIC 2025.8.3

tofubeats and Peanut-kun Launch First-Ever Joint Tour “TVP”

NiEW 2025.6.19｜14:59
#MUSIC 2025.7.26

TWICE Announces Japan Leg of World Tour with 360-Degree Dome Shows

NiEW 2025.6.10｜17:19
#ART 2025.7.26

“Shinjuku Kabukicho Shunga Exhibition” to Feature 100 Works This July

NiEW 2025.6.5｜14:00
#MUSIC 2025.7.25

FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL Announces 2025 Dates: July 25–27

NiEW 2025.1.9｜12:27
#MUSIC 2025.7.25

Fuji Rock Announces First 60 Artists, Including Japan Debut of Fred Again..

NiEW 2025.2.27｜13:04
#MUSIC 2025.7.25

Fuji Rock Expands Lineup with LITTLE SIMZ, Jane Remover, and US in Latest Announcement

NiEW 2025.5.29｜11:15
#MUSIC 2025.7.25

Fuji Rock Unveils Final Lineup and Timetable, Adds 16 ROOKIE A GO-GO Acts

NiEW 2025.7.10｜12:28
#MUSIC 2025.7.25

Watch FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL’25 Live for Free on Amazon Prime Video and Twitch

NiEW 2025.7.17｜10:18
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Taeko Onuki to Make Overseas Debut at LA’s The Wiltern, Tokyo Show Also Announced UNIQLO Launches Charity T-Shirt with MLB Legend Ichiro and PERFECT DAYS Star Koji Yakusho Wet Leg Announce Japan Tour for February 2026 with Second Album in Tow
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