'Nikoniko's first meeting' is Japan's largest subculture festival. It was organized by KADOKAWA, a general entertainment group in charge of marketing 'Breakers' in Japan, and was held from the ...

Are you going to Tokyo? If you are, keep an eye out for people sporting these crazy and colourful Japanese fashion trends in ...

Female African-American influencers are reviving the spirit of gyaru culture, a Japanese subculture that was extremely popular in the 1990s. With colourful clothing, exaggerated face contouring ...

In this series, we will be exploring all the fashion subcultures that have made Japan the fashion powerhouse it is today. The popularity of the music genre, Visual Kei, went on to influence the start ...

“Bōsōzoku” is known well enough in Western automotive culture, though often misspelled or mispronounced (as with many Japanese words, the final U is almost silent). It's also commonly used ...

“Nakano has many old-school anime stores. It combines all sorts of Japanese subcultures.” CDawgVA adds: “It’s a hidden gem. It looks like a normal train station and shopping area, but when ...

Companies and figures behind popular games, anime, and other titles in the Japanese subculture made prank posts to celebrate the day. Here are some of the examples of the pranks made on the 2024 ...