After the breakup of Pizzicato Five in 2001, Nomiya began her solo career and continued to collaborate with various major J-pop figures. By Billboard Japan A genre of retro J-pop called “city pop” has ...
The crowd at the sold-out Liquidroom show furiously pumps glowsticks shaped like green onions in time with the beat coming out of the venue's sound system. They scream when three young women appear, ...
Sometime in late 2023, users of short-form video platforms such as TikTok and YouTube Shorts sought out a mood booster. They found just the serotonin shot they needed courtesy turn-of-the-millennium ...
Famous for its shopping, nightclubs and youth culture, Shibuya has spawned its own adjective—Shibuya-kei—to describe its vibrant and idiosyncratic scene. Akihabara, which draws its own “Akiba-kei” ...
My name's Ian Martin, and I'm a 30-year-old British event organiser, DJ and record label owner. I came to Japan seven years ago after finishing university, just for an adventure. But I got really ...
After the breakup of Pizzicato Five in 2001, Nomiya began her solo career and continued to collaborate with various major J-pop figures. By Billboard Japan A genre of retro J-pop called “city pop” has ...
Famous for its shopping, nightclubs and youth culture, Shibuya has spawned its own adjective—Shibuya-kei—to describe its vibrant and idiosyncratic scene. Akihabara, which draws its own “Akiba-kei” ...