01 Aug JAPANESE STUDIES NEWS [August 2019]
August 29~September 1st, at Nanzan University (Nagoya): 5th Annual Conference of the European Network of Japanese Philosophy: 'Philosophy and Beauty [美の哲学・哲学の美]' ...
August 29~September 1st, at Nanzan University (Nagoya): 5th Annual Conference of the European Network of Japanese Philosophy: 'Philosophy and Beauty [美の哲学・哲学の美]' ...
A new restoration of Yasujiro Ozu's silent comedy 突貫小僧 Tokkan Kozō (1929, "A Straightforward Boy") will be streaming on Le Cinéma Club for a few days, until July 25th. ...
You're but black dots, unthreatening and bland. Yet I step closer, and then I start to shiver. I'm making out the contours of a black gas mask, and then another....
Let’s not forget our history, you say. Let’s not forget our heroes and our foes, Let’s not destroy this pure and subtle family we are. But you invent yourself a solemn, mighty past...
A few shots from this last Saturday's Chill Out Week, organised by Look Up Japan. Mattia's been bringing together some of the most exquisite artists on the Tokyo indie music...
PERFORMING IDENTITY @The Last Nuphoria From the moment we start growing we start putting on masks. To face the people around us, to face ourselves. To discover ourselves, to express ourselves. To...
Last weekend I grabbed a couple of friends (one of them by the collar, almost - you know who you are :D) and headed for the biannual Setagaya Boroichi. I almost...
A few days ago, I had a photoshoot with a pretty cool brass band, in a rental studio somewhere in Shibuya. The shot was supposed to end by 12:30, because...
I stopped – at times – from taking pictures of the performance. I was experiencing the whole thing through all my pores – the music, the dance, the lighting, the concept....
This weekend I got to shoot at The Guinguette by Moja again, which is by far one of my favourite places in Tokyo. It's one of those funky, warm places where you...