News These deer hanging out beneath cherry blossoms in Japan’s Nara Park are utterly magical by Talya Jacobson These will be the most breathtaking images you’ll see today. An array of deer have been captured sitting peacefully under the cherry blossoms that envelop…
Clocked News UNIQLO celebrate Mario’s 35th birthday with their new collection by Kayla McNicoll This year is a big year for Nintendo, whose most renowned creation Super Mario is celebrating its 35th anniversary. While Nintendo is going crazy in…
News 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be postponed due to coronavirus, says official by Claudia Schmidt International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound has said that the 2020 Summer Olympics, due to take place in Tokyo this July, will be rescheduled due…
Film and TV News A Studio Ghibli Festival is coming to Sydney this Summer by Josh Clarke This summer will see Sydney hosting its very own Studio Ghibli Festival. The festival will be held at Art Gallery NSW in the Domain Theatre…
News The Cure bassist Simon Gallup replaced last minute at Fuji rock – by his son by Luke Saunders The Cure bassist Simon Gallup called upon his son Eden Gallup to step in at Fuji Rock Festival after he was forced to sit out…
Music LISTEN: Tycho – Japan (feat. Saint Sinner) by Happy With just a month to go before his new album drops, Tycho has unveiled the blissful Japan. Here Saint Sinner lends her sky high vocals to Tycho’s effervescent…
News A Dinosaur Jr song from 1994 has made a baffling appearance in Japan’s Billboard charts by Mia Hull Dinosaur Jr’s song Over Your Shoulder hit the Billboard Japan charts this week, coming in at #18 in the Hot 100. The song is the closing track…
News In protest of same-sex marriage laws, a gay Japanese couple will marry 26 times in 26 countries by Joanna Panagopoulos Japan-native Misato Kawasaki faced what many gay children unfortunately feel in high school – that she was abnormal. Since Japan has no nationwide consensus on…
News Japan is bringing pollution down to zero by creating their 2020 Olympic medals from recycled mobile phones by Freya McGahey Japan is possibly one of the most interesting and engaging countries in the world, front runners in technology, social reform and health, it doesn’t really…
News Fireflies or Fairies? The enchanted forest is real, and here’s your photo evidence by Agnes O'Dwyer When firefly season rolls around, in Japan’s rainy months of May and June, Photographer Kei Nomiyama cohabits the forest with the fireflies to capture their…
News Olympia announces national tour in support of debut album, shares new single Smoke Signals by Emily Mathison Melbourne songstress Olympia has shared the details of her of her debut album, which will be supported by a string of shows around the country….
Live Music Japan Music Festival by Alex Gordon So last week I shared an event called Square Sounds Melbourne – the Asia Pacific region’s biggest festival of chiptune/videogame soundtrack inspired dance music. Now, to…