Koenji is said to be the birthplace of punk in Tokyo. The streets are deliciously vibrant at night, with a live music house or cafe for every two…
Japan
Sleeping on the job is totally accepted and normal in Japan. So is keeping the umbilical chord of your child, adopting an adult to replace the…
Although things are now quickly changing, it is still typical in Japan for many generations of a family to live under the same roof. This leaves young…
FEVER is a live house in Setagaya where people walk barefoot and can’t be bothered to clap between songs. Besides the expensive entrance fee for…
About sixty years ago, the school bells in Japan sounded too much like an air-raid siren, so some undocumented mechanic established the Westminster Quarters melody as…
FLAVA is an underground local gig in Machida. Though the flyers only display hip hop artists, from around 17:00 to 20:00 several rock bands play live. The…
My siblings and I used to joke while in Saint Petersburg about the “little work” jobs that existed there just so that nobody would be…
I wish I could do some “Humans of Kanagawa”, but I think everyone would run away from me and, in case someone did not, chances…
Shibuya, 9PM. Meet-up event in some underground all-white art studio. Tens of white old men properly dressed, most of them suited up, all of them…
I live in Sagamihara (相模原), a city in north-central Kanagawa Prefecture, bordering Tokyo, Japan. It is the third most populous city in the prefecture and the…