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#MUSIC 2024.11.2

Kyoto’s Borofesta 2024 Adds 27 New Acts Including Helsinki Lambda Club and Texas 3000

NiEW 2024.8.16｜11:42

#MUSIC 2024.11.2

Kyoto’s Borofesta 2024: First Wave Features Age Factory, ZAZEN BOYS, PEDRO and More

NiEW 2024.7.12｜10:40

#MUSIC 2024.8.31

Kyoto’s “Nanoboro” Festival Unveils Summer Whales and Odoru! Disco Machimachi in Second Wave

NiEW 2024.6.21｜20:04

#MUSIC 2023.11.3

Borofesta 2023 Revealed Timetable, ZAZEN BOYS to Perfome Finale

NiEW 2023.10.12｜18:23

#MUSIC 2023.11.3

Second “BoroFesta 2023” announcement: Sunny Day Service, Homecomings, NOT WONK, Summer Eye, and 30 other groups.

NiEW 2023.8.10｜15:29

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#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

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#MUSIC 2025.5.22

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

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#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”