“The neon lights are great ... on familiar parts of the Japanese capital. But he would also take the last train out to lesser-known parts of the city, walking around with his camera until ...

“We have a city to burn ... slick street samurai that occupies the neon-illuminated cities of cyberpunk media. Yet within the cyberpunk genre, Japanese corporations are the enemy, even ...

An arcade in Japan modeled its interior after the Walled City and for years it gave visitors a taste of the aesthetics of a place ... levels of the “city.” Neon signs and more fake windows ...

It’s the splash of bright warmth just before the trees go bare for winter, and the streets turn gray with snow (believe me, winter in the city ... to achieve the Japanese aesthetic and flavor ...

a cosy-looking indie game (albeit with a cheeky BMX-ing tanuki), which you might assume has Ghibli vibes just because of its setting in the Japanese countryside and anime aesthetic, but certainly ...

After taking off in America and other countries, the phrase ‘wabi-sabi’ was imported back to Japan as a compound ... but it really took off as an aesthetic ideal in the 17th century.