I Cut My Nails at Night: The Burden We Bear as Daughters
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...
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Will Guzman
Oct 4, 20234 min read
Tumultuous Tumbles and a Renewed Respect
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...
Misha Cade
Mar 10, 20234 min read
Like Braces on Bloodied Teeth: MoJ agrees to include Sexual Consent in the Penal Code
By MISHA CADE In a breakthrough victory for the #MeToo movement in Japan last week, the Ministry of Justice has agreed to include “sexual...
Suyog Garg
Mar 3, 20239 min read
An Ordinary Day
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,...
Komaba Times
Apr 30, 20223 min read
11:05
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...
Komaba Times
Apr 29, 20226 min read
FURUSATO
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...
Komaba Times
Apr 27, 20223 min read
MIXING BODIES: LESSONS ON SEXUAL CONSENT FROM THE OCEAN
Words by MISHA CADE Illustration by YASHA LAI On the Strait of Gibraltar between Spain and Morocco, there are two bodies of water that...
Komaba Times
Apr 25, 20226 min read
DISTANCE
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...
Komaba Times
Apr 22, 20224 min read
STUDYING WHILE MUMMYING
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...
Komaba Times
Apr 20, 20221 min read
AN OPEN LETTER TO A
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...
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