Suzu Toyama Is Just Getting Started
Between two languages and two countries, Suzu Toyama has found a voice entirely her own. Spin is the sound of that journey.
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NEWS
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EVENTS
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ULTRAMAN EXHIBITION Brings Six Decades of Heroes to Osaka, Fukuoka, and Yokohama in 2026
日程 2026.4.18 - 2026.9.27
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kanekoayano Announces 2026 World Tour Across Australia, Europe and Japan
日程 2026.5.6 - 2026.11.29
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Major Picasso Exhibition Curated by Paul Smith Arrives in Tokyo in June 2026
日程 2026.6.10 - 2026.9.21SPECIAL
Suzu Toyama Is Just Getting Started
Between two languages and two countries, Suzu Toyama has found a voice entirely her own. Spin is the sound of that journey.
Ryohei Matsunaga
How Anna Nagase Brought Akane banashi’s Rakugo Performer to Life
Fumiko Kawazoe
Review: Human Vapor Reimagines a Japanese Sci-Fi Classic for the Age of Social Anxiety
バフィー吉川
How Japanese Artists Can Build International Careers: Insights from CUEW Showcase & Conference
Minami Goto
Joe Keery on Growing Up, Change, and Moving Forward
若林楓
14 Years of Solitary Gourmet, and Still Worth Savoring
Fujiwara Nao
Ryusuke Hamaguchi on All of a Sudden and the Art of Drawing Audiences In
Tsuyoshi Asai
DAMONS YEAR Wants You to Fall Apart Instead of Pretending You’re Fine
山本大地
“Straight To Hell” Review: A Fortune Teller, a Fraud, a Folk Devil
Kenichi Yasuda
SB19 Are Redefining Global Pop from the Philippines
坂井彩花
After the Spell Breaks What Remains Kristina Rozhkova Unbewitched
中島良平
Ayano Kaneko and OGRE YOU ASSHOLE What Moves Them Live
kanekoayano Joins OGRE YOU ASSHOLE’s “DELAY 2026” Lineup
Atsutake Kaneko
SERIES
Series with the artists
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Izumi Okaya
Izumi Okaya's "Would you like to have a drink at my house?"
VOL. 4
Manga Masters’ Dinner: Gao Yan and Okaya on Work, Food, and Politics
2024.8.2
#MUSIC
Mitsutaka Nagira
Where you can find Good Music in Japan
VOL. 12
Uncover Bliss in Kyoto’s Secret Spot, Kurochaya, with Vinyl and Tranquility
2025.3.13
#MOVIE
Yuji Shibasaki
That selection of music makes the film
VOL. 15
‘Exterior Night’: A Speculative Tale of Political Kidnapping
2024.8.8
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Summer Eye
Summer Eye's Joy of Knowing
VOL. 5
To the River Museum: The Remarkable Arakawa River Linked to the Panama Canal
2024.5.23
#MUSIC
TAMIW
Music, work, and sometimes memorial services
VOL. 3
Cultural Riches Defy the Confines of Currency – Exploring the Realms of Value with Masafumi Goto
2023.11.2
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Taro Yoda
Floor Essence 〜dance・club・party〜
VOL. 6
SUGIURUMN Celebrates 25 Years: Journey from Band Member to Top Japanese DJ
2024.7.4
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Miram
Miram and Ban Obara's Exchange Diary, "With my chin resting by the window"
VOL. 10
A Glowing Farewell: Closing Words from Our Diary Exchange
2024.5.9
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