SPECIAL
Special articles by the NiEW editorial staff


Masashi Yoshida crosses over from the underground hip-hop scene to “Critique Rebirth School”

Rapper & Interpreter MEISO realizes Fun & Learning “Edutainment” Through Books

Dog food coordinator Mitsuyuki Yuasa approaches dog health from a food perspective.

Mizuho Kudo, editor-in-chief of the web media “soar,” wishes for everyone to live a life that takes care of itself.

Yutaro Sakai, editor-in-chief of sweets media “ufu.” spreads the history of sweets and the philosophy of their makers.

A true FIST BUMPE!? Takara Nakano, a 20-year-old collector of old gadgets who lives in Reiwa era, loves the charm of the Showa era.

Young manzai performer Manju Daiteikoku has been on the road to becoming a manzai performer through a series of miracles since his days at Ochiken.

He actually doesn’t like dairy products. Ryosuke Sugamata of the patisserie Ryoura makes sweets in his own style.

Minoru Uemura, editor-in-chief of the music magazine “HARD BOP!! MAGAZINE”, values the power of action to start when you have an idea.

Risa, a retro-pop girl born in the 21st century, talks about the colorful pop appeal of the 1980s

The works of filmmaker Katsushika Shussin speak for what cannot be put into words in everyday life.

Tom, who runs a store specializing in Elkhorn ferns, was so fascinated with Elkhorn ferns that he left his job to start his own business.

Comfortable days without dreaming, born from the chit-chat of Naoko Sakurabayashi, a person of chit-chat.

K-PRO’s Kina Kojima, whom the comedian calls “the mother of comedy,” talks about the changes in the comedy world after the Corona disaster.

Renji Tachibana, an entertainment photographer who photographed Danshi Tachikawa for seven years, takes pictures because rakugo saved his life.

After graduating from Kyoto University, he was introduced to Shunputei Ichinosuke. The world of rakugo storytellers as told by Shunputei Ikkyu

A lover of chronology, writer Panth has been documenting social and cultural events since elementary school.
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