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Juzo Itami: A Satirical Savant
This article was originally featured in the December 2024 issue of Connect. John Megow (Hyogo) One of Japan’s most tragic and unsung directors is the dynamic Juzo Itami. Though his career was short, spanning only thirteen years ...
How Zen Can Improve Your Life
This article was originally featured in the December 2024 issue of Connect. Joseph Hodgkinson (Hyogo) What is Zen? The word Zen is widely recognised in English and often associated with peace and tranquillity. But what does it ...
Commentating on Commentator
An interview with Daisuke Ito from Tebasaki Games talks news This article was originally featured in the December 2024 issue of Connect. Chantal Gervais (Tokyo) Tokyo Game Show is a staple convention in not only the video ...
A Prison of Love:
Tattooing in Tokyo with Artist Alice Korotaeva This article was originally featured in the December 2024 issue of Connect. Sabrina Greene (Chiba Prefecture) What’s your passion? How far would you go to follow it? Tattoo artists in ...
Behind the Swindle
An Interview with Ko Shinjo This article was originally featured in the December 2024 issue of Connect. Mike Taylor (Ishikawa) interviewing Ko Shinjo and Charles De WolfTranslated by Tamao Taylor (Ishikawa) Tokyo Swindlers is a novel about ...
Making Kimono Old Again:
East Meets West with Elise Fischer’s 1950s Flair This article was originally featured in the December 2024 issue of Connect. Sabrina Greene (Chiba Prefecture) What would you do with an old kimono? Maybe it has rips and ...
Behind the Swindle
An Interview with Ko Shinjo Mike Taylor (Ishikawa) interviewing Ko Shinjo and Charles De Wolf Translated by Tamao Taylor (Ishikawa) Tokyo Swindlers is a novel about a group of real-estate scammers released to critical acclaim ...
Blade Runner: Tokyo Nexus Debut Event
Insights into Writing and Japan with Kianna Shore This article was originally featured in the October 2024 issue of Connect. Chantal Gervais (Tokyo) It seemed like a scam. Kianna Shore received a message via Twitter from an unfamiliar ...
Otherworldly Passion and Unbridled Celebration
A Look into Comiket This article was originally featured in the October 2024 issue of Connect. Chantal Gervais (Tokyo) The feverish creation and consumption culture of Comic Market, or more commonly known as Comiket is jarring at times ...
Hiroshima’s Lantern Ceremony
Remembering Those Lost in The Bombing This article was originally featured in the October 2024 issue of Connect. Veronica Nielsen (Hiroshima) Imagine hundreds of bright, colorful paper lanterns floating peacefully down the Motoyasu River before the Hiroshima Atomic ...