KOMABA TIMES

I cut my nails at night. To do so is largely considered bad luck, a harbinger of death perhaps, in East Asian culture. Our superstitious...

I woke up on June 16th with one goal: climb Excelsior Falls. Long story short, I failed. I fell 5 meters down a waterfall, tore a 20...

By MISHA CADE In a breakthrough victory for the #MeToo movement in Japan last week, the Ministry of Justice has agreed to include “sexual...

By SUYOG GARG To a majority of us, it is a known fact that some days are actually longer than a day. The day in question, however,...

By MOE KINOSHITA Hi, I’m Moe and I am a Tokyo-based, Berlin-born hobby singer-songwriter. I have been playing music for almost my entire...

Words & Photos by PRIYA MU 2020, Late July Remote mountain village in Japan It had been three weeks since I moved to Yamagata from Tokyo...

Words by MISHA CADE Illustration by YASHA LAI On the Strait of Gibraltar between Spain and Morocco, there are two bodies of water that...

Words by GU YUE Illustration by YASHA LAI What do you feel at the age of 20? I feel pain. To be exact, I first felt a silence... And...

Words by CHARISIA ONG As a child, time is dictated by your parents. “15 more minutes and it’s lights out.” “Curfew is 11pm. Be home by...

By YUKO ITATSU Dear A, Had I known you as a teenager, my life would have been different. You would have been the perfect buddy. Someone I...