“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 ...

Gyaru fashion and style, a vibrant Japanese subculture that first emerged in ... Rooted in the hyper-glamorous, bold aesthetic of early Y2K culture, the gyaru of old embodied a distinctly girl ...

Known as a masterpiece that elucidates Japanese aesthetics from the perspective of light and dark, his work continues to be read overseas as an excellent introduction to Japanese culture.

In the same vein as subcultures, some aesthetics or 'cores' do have common belief systems. 'Tomato Girls' are unified in their pursuit for the picture-perfect European summer. À la ...

Known as a masterpiece that elucidates Japanese aesthetics from the perspective of light and dark, his work continues to be read overseas as an excellent introduction to Japanese culture.