tokyo s willing cog, in an enormous machine requiring long hours, low pay, total dedication. and sometimes, what s called karoshi, death by overwork. here in a society of tight spaces and many expectations, the pressure s on. to keep up appearances, to do what s expected. to not let the interior life become exterior. but at night, things are different. what do you need to know about tokyo? deep, deep waters. the first time i came here, it was like it was a transformative, experience. it was a powerful and violent experience. it was as if it was just like taking acid for the first time. meaning, what do i do now? i see the whole world in a different way. i often compare the experience of going to japan for the first time, going to tokyo for the first time, to what eric clapton and pete townsend must ve gone through, the reigning guitar gods of england, what they must ve gone through the week that jimi hendrix came to town. you hear about it, you go see it, the whole
By Joe Koizumi Photo: Boxing Beat Magazine The Japanese culture might be so bizarre. Our people strongly hate ominous news mentioned before the new year
By Joe Koizumi Photos by Naoki Fukuda It was a quadruple national title event in commemoration of the latest passing of “Champion Maker” Kenji Yonekura
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Anthony has traveled to Tokyo countless times, but this time he is in search of the city s dark, extreme, bizarrely fetishistic and unique subcultures.