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How current graduate student book reviewer Awaiyuki got hooked on reading, horse racing, and idols.

NiEW 2023.8.16｜16:59

Interview with Takehiro Hino, bookstore manager and author of “I Never Liked Bookstores.

NiEW 2023.7.25｜23:21

Book-Off is an oasis for the heart. Salaryman manga artist Trombook Ooishi’s love of new and used bookstores

NiEW 2023.7.25｜17:43

SNOW SHOVELING Shuichi Nakamura talks about “Dating Bookstore” and his influence from Haruki Murakami

NiEW 2023.7.18｜17:37

Why the writer Sohei Wakusaka ate grass from the area, sold stones, and lived on the shore

NiEW 2023.7.11｜17:14

Ask Ayaka Sakuragi about BONUS TRACK on its 3rd anniversary and the changes in Shimokitazawa

NiEW 2023.4.3｜15:49

Interview with Yurina Kaneko, Director of “Nuishabe” From Between Perversity and Kindness

Kimi Idonuma 2023.4.2｜22:24

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NiEW’S PLAYLIST

NiEW recommends alternative music🆕

NiEW Best Music is a playlist featuring artists leading the music scene and offering alternative styles in our rapidly evolving society. Hailing from Tokyo, the NiEW editorial team proudly curates outstanding music that transcends size, genre, and nationality.

EVENTS

#MUSIC 2025.5.21

QURULI, STRAIGHTENER, and Gokumon to Perform with Asian Bands in Kyoto

NiEW 2025.4.24｜14:56

#MUSIC 2025.5.22

DYGL Announces Japan Tour & Releases New Song with Live Video

NiEW 2025.2.6｜15:54

#MUSIC 2025.5.22

DYGL Welcomes Soft Pine from Bangkok for Spring Tour, HOME Slated for Okinawa Show

NiEW 2025.5.14｜17:04

#MUSIC 2025.5.23

GREENROOM FESTIVAL Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Kamasi Washington and Jacob Collier

NiEW 2024.12.24｜14:26

#MUSIC 2025.5.23

Mori, Michi, Ichiba 2025 Announces First Performers: OKAMOTO’S, Yuta Orisaka, NOT WONK, and More

NiEW 2025.2.12｜11:25

#MUSIC 2025.5.23

20th Anniversary GREENROOM FESTIVAL Reveals 3rd Lineup with KREVA, never young beach, UA, and toe

NiEW 2025.2.27｜13:13

#MUSIC 2025.5.23

Mori, Michi, Ichi, Ba 2025 Announces Second Lineup: Eiko Ishibashi, toe, betcover!!, Naotaro Moriyama, and More

NiEW 2025.2.28｜15:50

#MUSIC 2025.5.23

GREENROOM FESTIVAL 20th Anniversary Adds YG Marley, Awich, Def Tech and More

NiEW 2025.3.13｜11:21

#MUSIC 2025.5.23

Mori, Michi, Ichiba 2025 Adds 34 Acts, Including Hedigan’s and Laura Day Romance

NiEW 2025.3.19｜14:49

#MUSIC 2025.5.23

mouse on the keys Announces European Tour in May: Six Shows Across Five Countries

NiEW 2025.4.2｜18:50

Ryusuke Hamaguchi Announces New Film ‘All of a Sudden’ Set for 2026 Release SONICMANIA Announces Second Wave of Artists: Perfume, KIKUO, MFS, and Minna-no-Kimochi Sebastian Stan Stars in A24 Thriller ‘A Different Man,’ Set for Japan Release

Photo Book Fair in Kyoto to Feature 35 Publishers and Bookstores Hitsujibungaku’s “mild days” Released Digitally, Music Video Shot During US Tour betcover!! to Embark on World Tour Across 31 Cities Wes Anderson’s Latest Film ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ to Hit Japanese Theaters in September

Eno: Brian Eno’s Dynamic Documentary Set for Japan Release Tadanori Yokoo Unveils 60 New Oil Paintings at Setagaya Art Museum in “River of Renga” Exhibition Kankyō Records Presents Ambient Event at Tama Center’s Botanical Greenhouse

Sapporo’s THE JUSTICE Music Festival Brings Together 60 Acts This May “Godzilla: THE Art Exhibition” Opens with 30 Artists, Exploring “What is Godzilla?” Prada Aoyama to Unveil Visionary Collaboration Between Nicolas Winding Refn and Hideo Kojima The fin. Announces US and Canada Tour in July, Following Release of New Single “Nebula”