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#MUSIC 2024.7.30

Shibuya’s “SIDE-B” Party Heats Up with YUUKI (ex-CHAI) and Rapper TOKYO Sekai and More

NiEW 2024.7.23｜18:31

#MUSIC 2024.5.18

Former CHAI Members MANAKANA Debut at Shibuya’s ‘ambient room’ Event

NiEW 2024.3.22｜23:11

CHAI Announce Breakup in March After Japan Tour

NiEW 2024.1.19｜10:36

#MUSIC 2023.10.28

Keiichi Sokabe and CHAI’s Mana to Join Taiwan’s “Golden Indie Music Awards”

NiEW 2023.10.25｜16:46

#MUSIC 2024.1.28

CHAI to Embark on Nationwide Tour Across 16 Cities Starting January 2024

NiEW 2023.10.10｜01:39

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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 2025.12.19

D.A.N. Announces Solo Shows “Microsound 2.0” in Tokyo and Osaka

NiEW 2025.9.5｜18:19

#MUSIC 2025.12.19

Hoon’s Independent Series to Feature Dos Monos and Yuta Orisaka (band)

NiEW 2025.10.2｜17:18

#MUSIC 2025.12.19

Haruomi Hosono Pop Up “Hosono Record House” Opens in Jimbocho This Winter

NiEW 2025.12.4｜11:05

#ART 2025.12.20

Capcom’s Major Retrospective in Tokyo This Winter, Featuring Newly Revealed Concept Art

NiEW 2025.9.19｜12:46

#MUSIC 2025.12.21

Aomori’s SWALLOW Announces Tokyo Debut Solo Show

NiEW 2025.6.26｜12:48

#MUSIC 2025.12.23

Hi-STANDARD Announces “Screaming Newborn Baby Tour” Across Japan, Closing at K-Arena

NiEW 2025.10.10｜15:55

#MUSIC 2025.12.13

Tele Announces Nationwide Tour Starting in December with 13 Shows Across 9 Cities

NiEW 2025.6.26｜15:38

#MOVIE 2025.12.12

Cannes Directors’ Fortnight in Tokyo 2025 Comes to Shibuya with Kokuho and More

NiEW 2025.10.30｜16:18

#ART 2025.12.12

Photographer Mikako Kozai, Known for Capturing Ayano Kaneko, Opens Solo Show in Hatsudai

NiEW 2025.11.13｜12:30

#MUSIC 2025.12.8

Haruomi Hosono to Close 2025 with Year-End Tokyo & Osaka Shows

NiEW 2025.10.22｜14:17

Haruomi Hosono Pop Up “Hosono Record House” Opens in Jimbocho This Winter Powerpuff Girls Pop-up Store at MIYASHITA PARK in Shibuya Shibuya’s Indie Night: Rol3ert, 烏兎-uto-, BabyCanta & Johnnivan at exPoP!!!!! Vol.178 Mads Mikkelsen Marks 60th Birthday at Tokyo Comic Con 2025 with Four Guests Revealed

“Stranger Things” Finale Pop-Up Takes Over Omotesando’s V.A. This Winter Celebrate 30 Years of “Evangelion” with This One-of-a-Kind Kabuki Performance Tarsem Singh’s “The Fall” 4K Digital Remaster to Premiere Nationwide on November 21 Hellraiser Marathon Takes Over Shinjuku All Night Long

YOASOBI Announces Massive 10-City Asia Tour Spanning 2026–27 Tokyo Station Becomes Dragon Ball HQ with Exclusive Merchandise Universal Studios Japan Unveils Limited-Time “CLUB ZEDD REMIX” Coaster SNIDEL HOME Launches Official Harry Potter Loungewear Collection

BABYMONSTER × UNIQLO UT Drops Late February 2026 “Princess Mononoke” Hits IMAX Across Japan with Dolby Cinema and English Subtitles Tamagotchi Collab Café Round 2 Brings Mimitchi and Milkutchi to Ikebukuro & Umeda Tokyo’s Indie & Asian Roots Artists Unite at BiKN shibuya 2025 Festival