A collection of drawings by avant-garde manga artist Takashi Nemoto, who draws his own interpretation of famous historical record jackets. The book contains 230 record jacket works. 192 p, ills colour, 28.8 x 21.6 cm, hb, Japanese Included Works： abbey road / magical mystery tour / pet sounds / l'homme a tete de chou / bitches brew / green mind / blood sugar sex magic / goldrush / pinkadelic / can't buy a thrill / lovehunter / kikuzakari remixes / the lonely one / the flicknife years 1981-1988 / original suffer head / all things must pass / doo-bop / the doors / the harder they come / unity / freak out / 風街ろまん / too much blood / solid state survivor / let's take it to the stage / nevermind / pillow talk / fresh / きめてやる今夜 / dylan & the dead / showroom dummies / out to lunch! / underground system / stone alone / sgt. peppers lonely hearts club band / innervisions / confusion break bone / the who sings my generation / pieces of a man + winter in america / superfly / east of the river nile / our favourite shop / not on the outside, but on the inside, strong! / 祖母の昔語り / hear nothing see nothing say nothing / unfinished music No.1 : two virgins / ramones / small talk / prince / fiyo on the bayou / december's children / super ape / aladdin sane / return of the super ape / the complete recordings / trombipulation / high on you / disco / nitefly / tago mago / live! / led zeppelin 1 / the clones of dr. funkenstein / the weird world of blowfly / never mind the bollocks here's the sex pistols / mellon collie and the infinite sadness / body meta / weasels ripped my flesh / 歌いまくる勝新太郎 / tighten up / trout mask replica / 肉体関係 / elvis presley / london calling / boots / are you experienced / a love supreme / niandra lades and usually just a T-shirt / double fantasy / in the court of the crimson king / thriller / chelsea girl / lou reed live / terminal love / the dark side of the moon / lovesexy / 1999 / now & then / live / music from big pink / la la means I love you / reggatta de blanc / yesterday 勝新太郎 スタンダード・ソングを唄う / 人生劇場 勝新太郎 古賀メロディーを唄う / head hunters / cool struttin' / damned damned damned / autobahn / atom heart mother / philosophy of the world / bad brains / highway 61 revisited / キャンディ・キャンディ / windowlicker / からっぽの世界 + ジャックスの世界 / lie : the love and terror cult / pithecanthropus erectus / electric ladyland / raw power / shaft / ace of spades / second edition / country life / kimono my house / marquee moon / yesterday and today / sabotage / 女のみち 沖縄のひと / 孤島の檻 / enchantment / deceit / the yellow shark / celebration / the heart of saturday night / back stabbers / cuchi-cuchi / simple man / ska-mania : the sound of the soil / shin jung-hyeon / santana III / thank 愛 you / 炎の男 / screamadelica / black and blue / solo guitar volume 1 / twist your soul / lay it on me / evening time / 5th wheel 2 the coach / 恐山 / フランケンシュタインの怪獣 サンダ対ガイラ / the 150 murderous passions / illmatic / detestation / D.o.A : the third and final report of throbbing gristle / the river in reverse / the feeding of the 5000 / Y / space is the place / bodyheat / わたしだけ？ / it takes a nation of millions to hold us back / 猿の軍団 / 大平の白い目覚め / japanese original rock style / no woman no cry / the end

Since 1994, Japanese photographer, film director, and writer Kiyotaka Tsurisaki has become known for prolifically photographing dead bodies. Countless shocking and gruesome images of the dead fill the pages of this book, which is certainly not for the faint of heart. Many of these people met with violent ends, whether by vehicle crash, homicide, or suicide. Tsurisaki also brings the viewer into morgues and forensics labs, where the macabre work of embalming and autopsy is unapologetically documented. He has travelled to Thailand, Colombia, Mexico, Russia, and Palestine, as well as other lawless or war-torn parts of the world, to photograph human corpses. Revised edition of the 2018 publication. 208 p, ills colour, 21 x 30 cm, pb, Japanese/English

Ayumi Nabe’s ‘Hotel Mejiro Emperor’ can be seen both as a classic photobook and a wacky encyclopaedia of active and abandoned Japanese love hotels. The photographer’s exploration of these overtly extravagant and kitschy places opens the door to the weirdly fascinating and secretive rooms that play a major part in Japanese culture and sexuality and are usually less accessible to Westerners. From among the 350 love hotels the photographer has visited so far, those that were designed during the Showa era, from the 1960s to the 1980s, were specifically chosen for this anthology. 130 p, ills colour, 21 x 15 cm, pb, Japanese/English

The world’s first Pongchak cassette art book reveals the shared history of music and art in Korea. Produced in astonishing quantities from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s, and almost completely unrelated to mass media, the package art featured in this anthology is drawn from a collection that was launched 40 years ago, thanks to "Maboroshi-no Meiban Kaihou Doumei". Its three members – special manga president Takashi Nemoto, music critic Manabu Yuasa, and freelance writer Hideo Funabashi – have made efforts to unearth forgotten masterpieces, not necessarily obscure albums. Few things can compare to diverse range of expressions you will encounter here. 304 p, ills colour, 13 x 18 cm, pb, Japanese

The world’s first Pongchak cassette art book reveals the shared history of music and art in Korea. Produced in astonishing quantities from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s, and almost completely unrelated to mass media, the package art featured in this anthology is drawn from a collection that was launched 40 years ago, thanks to "Maboroshi-no Meiban Kaihou Doumei". Its three members – special manga president Takashi Nemoto, music critic Manabu Yuasa, and freelance writer Hideo Funabashi – have made efforts to unearth forgotten masterpieces, not necessarily obscure albums. Few things can compare to diverse range of expressions you will encounter here. 304 p, ills colour, 13 x 18 cm, pb, Japanese

autograph signed book Every night when I close my eyes, memories of the past and everyday life that I have never seen appear. And then they intertwine to create a new reality. Keiichi Tanaami's spirit was in his dreams. This is a collection of his selected diary entries that record the dreams he has made his life's work. Entire collection is from 1975 to 2016. Gorgeously binding dream diary with numerous illustrations and writings. 328 p, ills colour & bw, 18.5 x 24.5 cm, hb, Japanese

"No Picture!” -- I trembled as I heard Miles' voice for the first time. The real face of Miles, captured by a photographer who was allowed to enter the room as long as he introduced himself as “Your Photographer”. This is a collection of photographs that captures every moment of Miles' life, including rare archival photos from his Japan tours from 1981 to 1988, never-before-published other shots, and private shots from his later years. 144 p, ills colour, 15 x 21 cm, pb, Japanese

‘Road to America’ documents the Cools, a group of friends who share a love of motorcycles and rock and roll. Through a selection of nearly 100 previously unreleased images, Kiichi Okubo follows the group on their journey by Harley Davidson motorcycle to Los Angeles, Hollywood, and the Mojave Desert, where they shoot a music video. In the photobook, the author, who is himself fascinated by motorcycles and rock music, writes about his initial encounter and parting with the Cools, his ten years of living in the United States, and his reactivation of the Original Cools ’90: Kazumi Murayama, Hidemitsu Sato, James Fujiki, Frank, and of course Kiichi Okubo himself. 120 p, ills bw, 21 x 15 cm, pb, Japanese

Prison Art Drawing works by prisoners on the west coast of U.S. notice: This item is dead stock and has scratches, discoloration and creases. 196 p, ills bw, 21 x 30 cm, pb, Japanese/English

‘Eyeball Great Adventure’ is a pummelling deluge of work by Keiichi Tanaami, served up with all the delicacy of a fire hose. The large-format book delivers loads more of Tanaami’s customary, refreshingly outlandish and profane visual imagery featuring skulls, fighter planes, eyeballs, robots, erotic figures, and brain-melting intensity. As one of the leading pop artists of post-war Japan, Tanaami has remained active as multi-genre artist since the 1960s, with works spanning graphic design, illustration, video, and fine art. Psychedelia-inspired forms, electric colours, and classic comic book elements feature heavily in his decidedly reactionary oeuvre. Includes works presented at the solo exhibition “Tanaami × adidas Originals. 40 p, ills colour, 30 x 40 cm, pb, no text

Photographer Ai Hoshino journeys to the former Eastern Bloc and beyond in her search for abandoned communist monuments and other structural relics from the sphere of Soviet influence. Erected between 1950 and 1990, these ruins and occasionally still active buildings share a particularly modernist aesthetic, the triumphant remnants of bygone political powers. Featured are such icons as the National Library of Kosovo, Macedonia’s Ilinden Monument, the Sarajevo Winter Olympics site, Nicosia International Airport, Kelenföld Power Plant in Hungary, and Croatia’s Željava Air Base, plus Albanian bunkers, a train graveyard in Greece, and dilapidated Bulgarian monuments. 144 p, ills colour, 19 x 26 cm, pb, Japanese

Soviet architectural design often evokes images of brutalism, Stalinist style, and austere, straight-lined concrete blocks. However, objects such as the thousands of derelict bus stops scattered throughout the former Eastern Bloc and Central Asia seem to have a different aesthetic that surpasses the scope of these preconceptions. Rather than being mass-produced, many of them were created by local architects, students, or artists, and still retain a quiet charm today. Whether distinctively shaped, decorated with beautiful mosaics, or painted in once-bright colours, these bus stops that time forgot are lovingly documented by photographer Ai Hoshino. 120 p, ills colour, 21 x 15 cm, pb, Japanese/English

From Lithuania, Ukraine, and Georgia to Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, photographer Ai Hoshino journeys throughout the former Soviet sphere of influence in northern Eurasia in her quest to document the bygone relics of a vast socialist state. This collection of photographs focuses on abandoned vehicles and other modes of transport that still remain in the former countries of the Soviet Union. These include cable cars, Ferris wheels, automobiles, railroads, airplanes, ships, tanks, trucks, and more. Although they will disappear into oblivion in the not too distant future, Hoshino captures these silent but eloquent inorganics in their final resting places. 120 p, ills colour, 21 x 15 cm, pb, Japanese/English

Since childhood, Ibuki Kase spent a lot of time around foreign musicians in Japan. He was especially close with Jamaican reggae artists, and believed he was Jamaican until he was ten years old. Naturally, this had a great influence on his personality, his love for music, and his sociability. At age seventeen, Kase went to Jamaica for the first time and took pictures. He visited Jamaica again in 2018 to take even more photos, and held an exhibition upon returning to Japan that generated positive media attention. ‘Jamaican Vybz’ is Kase’s personal and loving tribute to the people of the island, and includes images from another trip he made in 2023, when he met his hero, Buju Banton. 158 p, ills colour, 17 x 25 cm, pb, Japanese/English

The “ruins” genre of photography emerged in public consciousness during the 1990s. Since then, urban exploration (popularly called “urbex”) and exhibitions of ruins have expanded the range of expression, which today includes aerial photography using drones and constructing dioramas. Now, AI-generated images and artworks are pushing the genre’s limits even further. The jaw-dropping scenes collected in this volume could only have been created using AI tools. Meanwhile, the concept of ruins is itself changing from an unwanted, decaying property or site to an urban resource and even tourist attraction. This offers a new way to experience abandoned places, safely and legally. 98 p, ills colour, 18 x 26 cm, pb, Japanese/English

A collection of 238 statues of gods and Buddha from all over Japan, embodied by a faith overflowing with individuality. The first volume of the religious heritage series “Entrance of the Gods” by photographer Shinichiro Kobayashi. 214 p, ills colour, 19 x 24 cm, pb, Japanese/English

A collection of photographs of crosses of all kinds from all over Japan. 211 works of art from crosses in chapels, monasteries, etc. to cute artworks in hotels, flea markets, general stores, etc. The second installment of the “Entrance of the Gods” series by Shinichiro Kobayashi, Japan's leading landscape photographer 176 p, ills colour, 19 x 24 cm, pb, Japanese/English

Ecm 50th Anniversary - Final Complete Ecm Catalog Of The Century Catalogue for the 50th anniversiry of ECM, containing all the LP's, CD's, DVD's ever released on ECM / JAPO (up to January first 2019). Included are the sleeves in full colour , and the full discographical data. 938 p, ills colour & bw, 15 × 21 cm, pb, Japanese/English

This is the first collection of non-corpse photographs by Kiyotaka Tsurisaki, a photographer who has been honestly confronting life and death. I am a photographer of human corpses. They are the only subjects I want to photograph - this is my personal dogma. However, it would be a lie to say that I have not taken pictures of anything else over these last three dacades. My situation has required me to engage in other photography to financially support my passion of corpse photography - in short, I have engaged in photojournalism, or at least a good imitation thereof. While traveling the world, my goal remains the photography corpses. Yet I have also captured in photographs people's varied facial expressions, their emotions and feelings, and even the smiling children. This is the backstage of death scenes as my main battlefield, and comprises a full half of my endeavors. In my career, both sides of that coin must exist, just as life and death are inevitably intertwined. This collection serves as an anthology that complements my previous THE DEAD collection, a compilation of photos that do not feature human corpses as their subjects. Its photographs are what complete my own personal world and craft. (Quoted from the preface of “THE LIVING”) 208 p, ills colour, 21 x 30 cm, pb, Japanese/English

Shizuoka has the world's largest Mohawk population! The Shizuoka hardcore scene was unique in the Tokai region. ISHIYA, an active hardcore performer, and Akiyama (FORWARD / Blues Bimbos), a native of Shizuoka and still active in the scene, spent more than a year interviewing bands based in this unique area, where more than 80% of the live house crowd was Mohawk at the time!　The interview is a look into the unknown depths of the Shizuoka hardcore scene! Includes a 2-song CD with one song released in 2017 by SO WHAT's current lineup and one song that was self-covered at the end of 1997 when YOSHI was a member! 176 p, ills colour & bw, 15 x 21 cm, pb, Japanese, w/CD 本書に登場するその他バンドやライブハウスや企画など： 法政大学東京バトルDAY'S／DISPAD／GISM／GIZE／ノイローゼ／G.B.H／DISCHARGE／THE COMES／THE EXECUTE／GAUZE／清水一中／GAUZE／THE STALIN／アナーキー／LIP CREAM／DESPERATS／BOWIE／GHOUL／グレイポート／LAUGHIN’NOSE／洋盤屋／すみや／D.I.S／CITY INDIAN／GRIFFIN. FZ／FACE／消毒 GIG／鹿鳴館／ドラッグス／SEX PISTOLS／INU／抗生物質／PEST／掛川ひょうたん島／NIBBLES／DEATH TRAP／メスカリン・ドライヴ／鉄アレイ／DEATH SIDE／BASTARD／SMASH YOUR ATTACK／ディスパーツ／CHAOS U.K.／THE EXPLOITED／THE STAR CLUB／ROSE JETS／DEAD KENNEDYS／JANKY／ハードコア不法集会／修羅／THE TRASH／THE LONDON TIMES／セルフィッシュ／HEADLESS／CRUCIFIX／SUICIDAL TENDENCIES／MISFITS／DANZIG／SYSTEMATIC DEATH／ASK-1／JAMスタ／THE CLAY／モッキンバード／GAS／TOTEM POLES／OUTO／ブラックホール／HELLS TOMBO／MID NIGHT TARAchan DEATH／PILEDRIVER／全日本HARD CORE PUNK選抜大会／motörhead／SEX MACHINE／CHAOTIC DISCORD／バトル・ロッカーズ／OUR HOUSE／VINYL JAPAN／SWINDLE BICH／ABNOMALS／URBAN TERROR／KGS／GESHPENST／Nightmare／COCK ATTACK／生ゴミ／ユニセックス／セブンスアベニュー／THE BLUE HEARTS／極悪ツアー／MOBS／CRÜCK／ROYS／SUGAR／カマラーダ／BRAHMAN／サナッシュ／WARHEAD／HELL DRIVER／HANG THE SUCKER／BREAK THE RECORDS／COBRA／アゲインストツアー／高田馬場エリア／西荻窪WATTS／The heck／UNDER THE SUN／アニマルハウス／HAMAROCK／ICE PICK／STANDING POINT／SIC OF IT ALL／YOUTH OF TODAY／BLIND JUSTICE／G-SIDE／鐡槌／AGNOSTIC FRONT／SAND／NUMB／FINAL CONFLICT／VENDETTA／T.J.MAXX／SMASHER ATTACK／HALF LIFE／BIOHAZARD／青葉公園／駿府公園／PUNKS NOT DEAD LIVE／el Puente／PIZZA OF DEATH／素粒子／TOO DRUNK／THE CONTINENTAL KIDS／CHAILD／ANGELIC UPSTARTS

The premium-priced book is now available in a new edition! A band based in the Kansai region of Japan was one of the first to create a unique atmosphere on the scene. Because they were based in the Kansai region, they were not covered by the media much, and only rumors like a horror movie were heard, the truth of which is still unclear. This magazine focuses on such bands that ran through the 80's and delves deeply into the events of the time. SHINTANI of RAPES, who has supported the scene from its early days to the present, also participates as an interviewer! A flexi-disc containing previously unreleased tracks ZOUO “731” and RAPES “Devils Fire”, which were only available overseas, are included on CD! 176 p, ills colour & bw, 15 x 21 cm, pb, Japanese, w/CD 目次： WESTERN HARDCORE／Cherry & Shintani／SxOxB／Nightmare／OUTO／MOBS／M.O.B.S／K-YAN／CHARMY & PON／RAPES／WARHEAD／SHIGA-Chang／We Are The Boys 本書に登場するその他のバンドやライブハウスや企画など： MOHAWKS／MEMAI／COBRA／THE STALIN／DISCHARGE／ハードコア不法集会／GISM／THE COMES／THE EXECUTE／THE CLAY／アレルギー／BONES／非常階段／フォーバレー／屋根裏／RAMONES／SAMHAIN／GLENN DANZIG／LIP CREAM／MISFITS／INU／SS／CITY INDIAN／FEAR／WILD WEST／SUBVERT BLAZE／XOYO／CHAOS U.K.／RISE FROM THE DEAD／SEX PISTOLS／THE CLASH／亜無亜危異／SAND／G.B.H／京大西部講堂／DISARM／LAST PUNK OSAKA／SELLTIC FROST／消毒GIG／GAUZE／セルフィッシュレコード／NAPALM DEATH／ROSE ROSE／BRUTAL TRUTH／DEATH SIDE／ビートクレイジー／GHOUL／MASTURBATION／ROSE JETS／the原爆オナニーズ／ウルトラビデ／AAレコード／DISORDER／THE FOOLS／THE STOOGES／ライスメン／LIFE／CHAINSAW／CRÜCK／BURST TOUR／BURNING／BLOODY SUMMER／TRAGEDY／スタジオゴリラ／E.N.T／鉄アレイ／DISCLOSE／Masters Of‘ β‘ Signal／マントヒヒ／CHANCE OPERATION／NON BAND／FUNA／BRUTUS／FREEDOM／GASTUNK／RUDE BOYS／BEARS／NEWEST MODEL／MAD GANG／GARLICBOYS／ZARATHUSTRA／BUCK-TICK／THE BLUE HEARTS／AUSCHWITZ／KGGM／VERMILION SANDS／CRUST WAR／HAT TRICKERS／PLASMATICS／新宿ロフト／寿町フリーコンサート／MONTPARNASSE／ADK／P.O.W／JAM STUDIO／ツバキハウス／ABRESIVE WHEELS／CHRON GEN／ADICTS／YOUTH BRIGADE／GAUZE／THE TRASH／スタークラブ／ニューロティカ／motörhead／GRIFFIN／KAPPUNK／BLACK／DEAD END／MAUMAUS／どん底ハウス／INNOCENTS／BASTARD／DEEP THROAT／CONCREAT SOX／SMASH YOUR CHAINS／BANDIT／CRUCIFIED JUNK／ZONE／PILEDRIVER／NEO BURNING SPIRITS TAIL／紅蓮十

Ichika Hiiragi is an dominatrix who survives the night of Shinjuku with her strength. She is also a photographer, and this is her Shinjuku Girls Collection. 130 p, ills colour, 15 x 18 cm, pb, Japanese

Vinyl-only mix CD by DJ Yasuo Nakamura with records from Singapore. Includes many Japanese pop covers, Beatles and other covers obtained during his Singapore DJ tour in 2015. Once you listen to it, you will be addicted to it. 16 tracks, approx. 37 minutes of non-stop Asian trip. an amazing long seller that has been selling at various stores in Japan since its release in 2015!

Second vinyl-only mix CD by DJ Yasuo Nakamura, using only Singaporean vinyl. Includes many Japanese pop covers obtained during his Singapore DJ tour in 2016. Once you listen to it, you will be addicted to it. 21 tracks, approx. 52 minutes of non-stop Asian trip. an amazing long seller that has been selling at various stores in Japan since its release in 2016!