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🐨 🇯🇵 Journalist/ media producer/ curator: Japanese culture: mingei / craft/ tattoos/ Edo/ sento/ outdoors + nature/ sex/health & longevity/ urbanism
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I also worked on the Okinawa @lonelyplanet just released this week 🙌🙌🙌✨✨✨ the Ryukyus is an entirely different culture, distinct culturally and spiritually. I treated this like any journalism job and gathered the expertise of dozens of the leading cultural luminaries, guides, locals, scholars and experts to paint a holistic picture of Okinawa and Amami Oshima. I wrote essays on Mingei, resistance and resilience and one on Eco activists in Amami Oshima, for which I interviewed biologists, famous surfers and activists. It has a ton of information not just on action sports and adventure, but also culture and identity. My previous trips to Okinawa were all related to craft and mingei (asides from a few scuba trips). It was a fun job, and I got to try new things as well like Sawa Nobori. I got up at 4, went diving or some action sports activity at 6, and then met an artisan past noon, and then headed back to the hotel to write in the afternoon; repeat every day for two weeks. I went six times in total last year (two of which were personal travels). Okinawa is a mingei heartland so there are a lot of local crafts in there too. All in all, thanks to the people I interviewed and the locals who contributed their expertise, it’s a project I’m super proud of. I cover some of Naha, all of Amami Oshima and also worked with artisans in Miyakojkma 🙏🙇🏻♀️
04 Jul 2026
The Japanese Tattoo, Fights and Fires are the Flowers of Edo 🌸 🔥 arranging releases in Tokyo town, it’s going to print and distro. It’s on Amazon now so I guess I can reveal the cover. Linen hardcover, publishing by Prestel @prestel_publishing editorial direction by @gitlowww , text edit Martha Jay, design @sebitmin for @s.u.m.studio cover client asakusahorikazu, photo ronin_de_goede interior pix @corypix @mariellakaifilms @epachavalencia @jshphotog etc text, coordination and production by me covering 20 years of work. It’ll be out next Spring although I think the main release events I’ll do in summer 🫠 good lord what an intense ride 🙏 I’m looking for spaces in EU/ UK for releases DM me 🩷 #tattoos #wabori #tattoo #japaneseculture #japan #irezumi
06 Dec 2025
Dairyuji is featured in the new Lonely Planet book Love Japan! 💕
As a person growing up in the 90s, Lonely Planet was the ultimate backpacker’s guidebook that opened up the world for me. The old school shoestring budget friendly books inspired me to explore Asia not as a tourist, but as a curious and humble traveler. I like to think that this foundational perspective crossed over into how I live long term in another country, with respect and enthusiasm engagement. Keno similarly journeyed across the world but without any guidebook at all! We both believe in the transformative power of travel and learning first hand from other cultures. Go get lost on a side street of Tokyo or along a winding road cutting through rice fields of Akita! Be courteous and have an adventure!
A huge thanks to @manami.tokyo and @ayaintohoku who drove up to Oga just as a snowstorm was beginning to bear down to interview us in person. That extra effort really makes a big difference in capturing the often ineffable essence of Zen and meditation. It’s such a special connection that we truly value!
Thanks to @lonelyplanet for creating a gorgeous coffee table style book that honors Japanese culture. If you’ve been to Japan, are hoping to visit or simply love learning about Japan, this books unlocks so many aspects of one of the most magical places.
Come visit Dairyuji and enjoy the same spots highlighted in the book - and more! 🙏
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23 Sep 2026
I’ve taken a lot of press lately because of the book and I always get asked how did you get into tattoo culture? I met Horitoku when I was a teenager to get tattooed. I used to go for hours when I started uni just to hang out and listen to him talk. What I think wabori is, what I think Iki is and what I think artisans are came initially came from this. My work is highly subjective but Horitoku’s work, the density and power is out of this world. He is in Shinjuku so he had all the cats from Kabukicho (if you can imagine in the 90s, 00’s the Kabukicho cab drivers all knew his studio, the clients didn’t even have to tell him the address). If you couldn’t find it he told the clients to go to the police box 🤣The anecdotes are the Wild West. A three hour chat, he knows the stories I like so he just goes to 100 really quickly. We talked a lot about what is Iki. He is as OG as you can get. He has never even stepped foot in a convention. No IG. He has zero photos in his phone of his tattoo work (the only ONE is of his wife 😂🩷). it was a perfect autumn day 🍂 fuel for the soul ✨things coming #wabori #粋
09 Nov 2026
Spotted in the wilderness, if you’re in 🇫🇷 Fights and Fires is sold at @palaisdetokyo Europe’s largest contemporary art center👏🩷. Thanks for the heads up @jshphotog
09 Nov 2026
It’s year end. Where did the year go? Or more to the point where did summer go?! One of the most beautiful interviews I did this year was with Kunio Kobayashi the owner of the Shunkanen Bonsai museum (it’s downtown Tokyo ). The interview was so insightful, a morning listening to his philosophies on life. As with all traditional arts it’s an aesthetic experience but also a way of living. An incredibly positive experience, the garden itself is sublime and always really quiet. 💚💚💚 i can’t wait to share, this place is a dream. Even though I’ve been a journalist my whole adult life (ever since uni) there were times I was listening to his interview thinking, listening to this is my job. What an unbelievable privilege. Thank you #bonsai
08 Nov 2026
Hey just quick, I receive a lot of mails about where to get the tattoo book. I think the best place to get it is @kintaro_publishing ✨ it’s really best to support indie publishers run by real people who take their craft seriously. I know they are a trusted and loved company and exist within the tat2 industry so you can’t go wrong. They have a new about us page on their website , I think whether anyone works with anyone is about trust. As an author of course Amazon is important, but there is always the choice to support independent, real people. Because the publisher is in UK it’s not like the distribution is that great in Japan (I dont have any!) so it’s actually easier to get it overseas. For me printed matter isn’t just about the thing, it’s the culture of bookstores, publishing, journalism, design, photojournalism, libraries, etc. and a general interest in culture not spiraling downwards. A world without indie bookstores and publishers is not good, to put it simply. Please find my book at @kintaro_publishing #tattoo #publishing #book
08 Nov 2026
Today! There is this really nice market at Okawa glass @okawaglass who we shot for the urban mingei feature for @tempuramag it’s really really nice and you can check out Sumida’s industrial heritage. the Okawa glass original like up of glass ware is really stylish too but the factory has been around since 1916 so it’s not just someone trying to make hip stuff, there is real manufacturing history as the backbone. It’s mostly neighbors and locals and has a really nice vibe, have a look 👀 it’s a beautiful day to be walking around the hood ☀️
07 Nov 2026
Post club daikokuyu. Bliss ♨️♨️♨️ thank you for being open so late ⏰ we are compiling photographers who are shooting communities within their own subculture lifestyles, ie auto ethnography. I think it’s either you get really skilled photojournalists who can knock it out of the park no matter what they shoot and are committed to reality (ie reportage) and can read people really well. Or interesting photographers describing their own community which gives the photos a personal storytelling vibe, like “this is what, as someone from the inside would like to say”. . Either way it’s a one in a million to find either, both need a lot of sensitivity and a certain personality. There is an absolute over saturation of photos from Japan, most of it looks like tourist brochure stuff. Digging for real stories and real storytelling from japans subcultures, it’s been super fun.
07 Nov 2026
One of the reasons for making Fights and Fires is that “the tatttoo industry” only seem to care about Instagram followers and from what I’m told have no idea who anyone is. This is a personal project, but it’s from the world’s biggest publishing house. The only reason I made it is so there is a record of these people in printed matter. It’s a highly subjective book in that I think certain horishi represent the aesthetic quality of “Iki” or exist within a framework of certain cultures. Horitoku retired and most of his work is inaccessible at the moment 🚨 but the density of his work is just otherworldly. Pix by Geoff Johnson 🕊️ he used to take stills for directors and profiles for ESQUIRE mag (Jim jarmusch, Tarantino, Beat Takeshi, won Kar Wai and music artists like Sakamoto Ryuichi, nick cave etc etc) so his pix have a filmic quality. Also he was sooooooo respectful. To the subjects and to me, a perfect collab. Such a great person, I miss him a lot, his family came to the tattoo show. From the start I worked with the best. I think it’s corny when horishi do press on themselves Ike YouTubers) but Horitoku was always good at doing press for others, he was very choosy though. He always invited geoff, bc he knew how to behave, never pushy or forceful. He really loved people and would figure how what made them tick. He was loved by everyone. If I get hit by a car tomorrow at least this series is in print (that’s how much they mean to me) #tattoo #japanesetattoo #horitoku #粋 #初代彫徳
06 Nov 2026
I havent really done many tattoo shoots of late (obviously because I just released a book so I cant create competition for that) but this was something else and something special as one of @mrbianco ‘s @sabukaru.online last productions plus I have new stuff coming up. I really had a dream to shoot in my local Denkiyu, with working class peeps but nothing came up that I thought was appropriate until I pitched it to @mrbianco and then it was happening ♨️ to have @asakusa_horicho2 working class folk (fisheries, paint factory etc) using the sento as they usually do after working. Bianco called his best friend @federico_radaelli to shoot. Denkiyu is one of the explicitly tattoo friendly sento, the other are Daikokuyu and Koganeyu. In reality most used to be OK but wouldn’t state it openly) even in Taito most sento are slowly changing owners and enforcing no tattoo policies. I’m sorry but what? Sento are for the working class and locals first. Particularly since the Edo the working class lived in nagaya with no baths > it’s why Sumida has so many (many many artisinal trades and small factories here). In a cultural sense there is a shift at the moment. While I felt immense guilt for taking so much of Bianco’s energy his last months what he achieved is he made the impossible possible. It’s something that will define an era. If you know Japanese culture you’d know what I’m talking about, getting everyone together, getting everyone to agree, the most powerful bookstore in Tokyo on it, doing it in Jimbocho, and getting Sabukaru, the most loved youth media on it. We didn’t even have time to think, it was just running in one direction. This isn’t fashion or ephemeral culture it’s real Tokyo culture from the Edo era. These pix are iconic ♨️✨Thank you @mrbianco . @sabukaru.online @federico_radaelli @asakusa_horicho2 @komiyama_tokyo @katsu_okubo #感謝
06 Nov 2026
Probably the wildest situation I ended up in for the Japanese Tattoo, Fights and Fires are the flowers of Edo. Horimitsu bonenkai, thank you so much for this incredible invitation and opportunity 感謝🙏🙏🙏 the vibe, hospitality 💯 the food 😋his interviews are also super no filter, very very intense insights, it’s a dream for a journalist when someone is so straight. The main thing I wanted to say with this shoot is that For the horishi their clients are family, it’s not just transactional. Most of these clients are finished but every year they gather 🤯 I’ve worked with a ton of horishi but to be able to get this many people at one time is rare. I live half the time in Kanagawa and there is a lot of his work at the beaches actually (also H3) 😇His bonenkai are well known in the industry. #japanesetattoo #tattoo #irezumi #和彫
06 Nov 2026
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