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I'm Crystal. I live in Brooklyn. I grew up in Texas. Here's my newsletter about dance music and going to the club from someone who's really in it.

Where I write all the miscellaneous stuff I want to write but have no home for

Amplifying non-Western voices in music

Neo City Pop & Japanese R&B release info and rotating playlist

Hi, I'm Anna McNally, an archivist and researcher. My newsletter comes out every month with three recommendations of books, exhibitions, articles or podcasts that have influenced my professional practice recently.

A Substack by Tokyo-based artist, producer, and creative director Matt Lyne about music, art, creativity, and culture.

Each edition of Music of Japan introduces 5 songs by Japanese artists across multiple genres.

TokyoScope seeks out new trends in Japanese pop culture, along with celebrating the best of the past. Curated, written, and edited by Patrick Macias (who lives in Japan).

find me at tsundokudiving.com

Footnotes and marginalia from a culture journalist, critic, and collector. Mostly music, but sometimes other stuff, too.

Get weekly insights and data on the business and market forces driving the anime and manga industries in Japan and around the world.

Understand the Japanese Psyche with a local English speaker's perspective

Dispatches from the front lines of Japanese pop culture.

Documenting Japanese Underground Music

The Japan you never knew you wanted to know. In-depth articles on traditional Japanese culture and spirituality.

K-Pop, pro wrestling, and all things engaging

former music journalist/critic current A&R

Multicore is about technology hardware and design. It's written from Tokyo by Sam Byford.

"What I wish to say to those I love to hear." ---Welcome to my blog! Here I write about anything and everything pertaining to the joys of my life! I share both normal blog entries, as well as interviews I have conducted with musicians whose work I adore!

Sharing the latest and greatest from Japan's amazing convenience stores.

A weekly dose of kawaii! Catch up with our blog posts plus previews, seasonal crafts, cute links from around the web, SCK staff recs, exclusive offers and more

Japanese music and popular culture of the 21st century, in contemplation and translation.

Thoughts on K-pop, Asian entertainment, pop culture and fandom. Stick around for essays, reviews, monthly round-ups and more!

La newsletter de mon blog consacré à la culture pop japonaise et sud-coréenne

a literary letter from Tokyo

Fandom psychology, ethnography and history. Documenting the consecration and corporate exploitation of fandom, and contextualizing the rise of stans in our cultural ecosystem.

A regular exploration of contemporary China, one important niche at a time.

Unveiling the Real Japan: An American Expat's Inside Look | 30+ Years in Japan | Unfiltered insights in plain English delivered weekly

the highlights in mandopop, once a month

Japón en su música y videojuegos

A newsletter about Japanese music, new and old

A newsletter about experimental music both new and old.

Creative writing, poetry, thoughts and insights.