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Street style always looks back and forward

Chinamitokizawa's beaded and embroidered jewelry is designed to be applied directly to the skin. | MAYUMI ISHIDA

Chinamitokizawa's beaded and embroidered jewelry is designed to be applied directly to the skin. | MAYUMI ISHIDA

By Misha Janette
Special To The Japan Times

Apr 23, 2017

Style has always referenced the past, even though it’s focused on the future. With spring heralding new looks and summer already approaching fast, new collaborations, brands and innovations are making their mark in stores now.

Louis Vuitton’s love letter to streetwear

Hot on the heels of the Louis Vuitton and Supreme collaboration, LV is proving that it is committed to street culture in all its forms by releasing a collaboration collection with legendary Japanese streetwear brand Fragment.

Amid the heat and humidity in Japan, a good night’s sleep is growing increasingly elusive without the heavy use of air conditioning.

Summer has arrived in Japan and so have hot sleepless nights

By Tomoko Otake

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon

By Alex K.T. Martin

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