5 min read 0 Spaces The Glass Temple Hidden Beneath Kyoto Ex-Plain March 3, 2026 Almost invisible from the surface of a 17th-century imperial temple complex, Kyoto’s Glass Temple hides a stark white chamber beneath…
17 min read 0 Sounds The Time a Japanese Noise Musician Destroyed a Venue With a Bulldozer Ex-Plain February 24, 2026 In 1985, Hanatarash frontman Yamantaka Eye drove an excavator into a Tokyo venue, turning a noise performance into an act…
6 min read 0 Visions The Porsche 356 Bonsai: Preservation Without Restoration Ex-Plain February 21, 2026 An artist’s rare Porsche is stripped down to its bare essentials and reimagined through Japanese craft traditions and wabi-sabi philosophy,…
9 min read 0 Sounds A Loud Minority? Investigating the Subculture of Audiophiles in Japan Ex-Plain February 9, 2026 Stories of Japanese audiophiles installing personal utility poles have become legend, but behind the myth is a shrinking, aging subculture…
6 min read 0 Pasts Visions Outsiders In The Cradle of Humanity: Joji Hashiguchi’s Street Photography Across Six Cities Ex-Plain July 16, 2025 In the summer of 1981, Japanese photographer Joji Hashiguchi left Tokyo on a self-directed journey through Liverpool, London, Nuremberg, West…