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Tokyo Journal Editorial
Inside this issue

78 Elisa Au
Three-time World Karate Champion

98 American Idol Alum Ava August
The next stage in her career

6YOSHIKI Makes History in Hollywood
Immortalized at TCL Chinese Theatre

79 U.S. Karate Olympian Sakura Kokumai
From the karate dojo to the Tokyo Olympics

100 Travel to Hollywood with Diamond Yukai
Celebrity hotel review

20 Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri
Osaka’s thrilling festival

80 Olympic Gold Medalist Ryo Kiyuna
Calmness and gratitude

102 Tokyo Pop Pops in 4KBubble-era Tokyo’s pop culture

24 Hotels in the Kansai Region
Easy access to the Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri

81 Karate Master Tomohiro Arashiro
Helping to introduce karate to the U.S.

104 The Bay City Rollers in Japan
Bob Gruen’s photo retrospective

38 Konamon
Kansai’s tasty cuisine

82 Grandmaster Minobu Miki
1st person outside Japan with
8th-Degree Black Belt

106 Plus-Size Beauty Icon Yumi Nu
Revamping Japan’s beauty standards

50 Takoyaki Recipe
Yumiko’s homecooking
52 Squid Pasta with Light Garlic Sauce
Acclaimed Chef Nobu Matsuhisa’s recipe
53 Sake vs. Wine
Fundamentals of food pairings
54 Japan’s Kanzume Culture
Canned food is no longer simple stock food
64 Gyokusen
High-end suit brand & Japanese-French restaurant

83 Fumio Demura (1938-2023)
A martial arts legend remembered

97 Miho Hazama
Grammy-nominated composer on tour

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86 Hotels on the U.S. East Coast
Washington, D.C., New York, Philadelphia,
Boston & Montreal hotels

76 Actor Shin Koyamada
The way of life through karate

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85 Photographer Hiroyuki Suzuki
Inspiring beauty within bleak realities

66 Japan’s Adaptive Fashion
Current trends on the catwalk

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84 Opportunity Called “Difficulty”
Zen wind from Tasaka Juku

96 Actor Yuya Yagira
From Cannes Best Actor winner toDisney+ horror sensation

76Please note: Certain articles have been translated for thereaders’ convenience or were condensed or truncated in order toaccommodate the available space. When an article is available in both
English and Japanese, it should be understood by the reader that thewording of the version they are reading may be a translation.
注：紙面が限られているため、翻訳において意訳あるいは要約、省略している場合があります。二ヵ国語の記事は、日英いずれかが翻訳版であることをご承知おきください。

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Editor-in-Chief:
Anthony Al-Jamie
Editorial Advisory Committee
Content Development Director:
David BraceyJapanese Language Editorial Manager:
Yuji Iwasaki
Japanese Language Production Manager:
Yosuke Inami
Contributors:
Aika AndoManaka Ando
Miu Fujiwara
Bob Gruen
Keito Hasegawa
Kotarou Hori
Risako Ichizuka
Tomoki Inamoto
Momoka Inou
Yukina Ishimaru
Maaya Kamiaka
Ai Kishino
Ingrid Lee
Yumiko Maehashi
Nobu Matsuhisa
Yumi Nishino
Kotomi Sato
Kei Shimatani
Megumi Shimatani
Hiroshi Tasaka
Toshio Ueno
Ryo Usui
Taiki Wakamatsu
Mao Yamaguchi
Diamond Yukai
Art & Design:
Atsuko Watanabe
Copy Editors:
Miyuki Kawai
Charles Newbery
Rebecca Thomas
Copy Editing Interns:
Bojun Chen
Francesca ChioErin Choi
Emily Crocker
Marselis Davis
Aviraj Gokool
Mao Hashio
Eryn Kargman
Ryan Lam
Ingrid Lee
Sophia Luo
Maisie Mehn
Danvy Nguyen
Kayla Nguyen
Bella Pipke
Carolina Rodriguez
Jessica Uyan
Mackenzie Vandyke
Moe Wang
Senior Translator:
Miyuki Kawai
Translation:
Moe Hashio
Yasue Kawamorita
Language Support:
Hayato Hosotani
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Tokyo Visual Arts
Nagoya Visual Arts
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Kyushu Visual Arts