Hitomi Kanehara

Books / Reviews Aug 29, 2015

'The Book of Tokyo' reveals sidelined Japanese writers, but not the city itself

by Iain Maloney

"The Book of Tokyo" is part of Comma Press' "Reading the City" series, though most of the stories inside could be transplanted to other Japanese cities — Nagoya, Fukuoka or Sapporo — without any noticeable difference. The Book of ...

Books / Reviews | ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES Dec 28, 2013

Snakes and Earrings

by Andrew Lee

Take a walk through Tokyo's Shibuya or Shinjuku shopping districts and you'll soon notice the streets are filled with a certain kind of girl — stylishly dressed, sassy, with heavy makeup and dyed brown or blond hair. These are gyaru, and to get a ...