Category Archive: Japan

What Sort of Sun Is Rising?

What Sort of Sun Is Rising?

Text & Photography © Sean Miles Lotman / Magnesium “Serious sport is war minus the shooting.” –G. B. Shaw As one who believes geographical allegiances should be local …

 

The Shuto: Tokyo’s Elevated Expressways

The Shuto: Tokyo’s Elevated Expressways

Words / Photography © Skorj / Magnesium Tokyo’s Metropolitan Expressway — Shuto Kōsoku Dōro — is Tokyo’s answer to handling large volumes of traffic traversing the …

 

Race Queens in the Modern Age

Race Queens in the Modern Age

In the 1999 film ‘Messengers’ one of the protagonists says to our Lycra-clad heroine, ‘You look like a race queen’. Parochially translated for American audiences as, ‘You look like a slut’, this missive unintentionally sums up the role of race queens in the modern world.

 

Tokyo Underground – G-Cans

Tokyo Underground – G-Cans

Part One in a series on Tokyo Underground, produced with content from the following Magnesium members: Photography © Ken Lee and Skorj / Magnesium All Rights …

 

Asakusa Crush

Asakusa Crush

Asakusa Crush – Magnesium photographers Vitek Skonieczny & Brian Scott Peterson document the Asakusa Festival from the inside out.

 

Old Ladies, Old Towns in Tokyo

Old Ladies, Old Towns in Tokyo

Mg Photographer Damon Coulter takes a look at the aging heart of Tokyo’s Sugamo district.

 

Gunkanjima – Battleship Island

Gunkanjima – Battleship Island

Produced with content from the following Magnesium members: Photography © Ken Lee and Skorj / Magnesium All Rights Reserved Text  © Skorj / Magnesium All Rights Reserved Along …

 

Izu Tripping

Izu Tripping

Magnesium Photographer Jon Ellis’ trip through the looking glass to the little known Izu peninsula.

 

No Local Suffrage for Foreigners in Japan—Shibuya Protest

No Local Suffrage for Foreigners in Japan—Shibuya Protest

New photos from Adrian Storey/Uchujin on the foreigner voting issue in Japan.

 

Sticker Art In Tokyo

Sticker Art In Tokyo

Presented here are a selection of works from Adrian Storey/Uchujin’s upcoming book project documenting the best and weirdest sticker art that finds its way …