Taking its title from a pun on the Japanese word for graffiti – rakugaki – and the English graffiti slang of “racking” spraycans, RackGaki: Japanese Graffiti provides a fascinating insight into Japan’s…
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Drop into Japan’s deep backcountry with Gimbal God—where the snow stacks high, the lines hit harder, and gravity keeps receipts. Pillow lines the size of small buildings, sketchy drops that ask questions…
This video documents a real subculture in Japan. All participants featured gave their consent to be filmed, and identifying details have been intentionally obscured to protect their privacy. We do not condone…
When you hear the word ninja, you don’t think history — you think myth. A black-clad figure dissolving into smoke, steel flashing in moonlight, laws of physics politely ignored. But the real…
Photo Courtesy of Billboard Japan Written by, Eric B. Thornton Thirty-three members. Let that number sink in. In a pop landscape where even a dozen performers feels like an army, the idea…
Under neon Osaka skies, Riding with Japan’s Most Wanted Street Racers dives headfirst into the infamous Kanjo Loop—where Honda Civics scream through traffic at breakneck speeds. The racers, known as the Kanjozoku,…
Follow Sebbe De Buck for a day in Japan snowboarding & shooting for the new Beyond Medals movie.
Bastien Salabanzi, Roman Hager, Gabryel Aguilar and Jumpei Tsutsumi take on Tokyo for Lakai.
GQ Japan dives into the world of 2 x Olympic Gold Medalist and style icon in the making Yuto Horigome, the Tokyo-born skateboarding phenom making waves across the globe. From his roots…
Out of all the Yakuza gangs that were formed in Japan over the past 400 years, none reached the heights that the Yamaguchi-gumi did. Their leader, Taoka Kazuo, took them from near…