Alain Planta

I am the Senior Editor here at SPOT-Report and a photo journalist whose stories cover various trends on the streets of Tokyo and various sporting events. I'm also a sneakerhead who is up to date with all the latest news on sneaker drops. Who doesn't admire nice fashion... I am also very well versed in the Fashion Week scene over the last 10+ years of covering Tokyo Fashion Week every season. To showcase my work, I publish my articles here for the expat community here in Japan to keep up with.

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el conductorH – 2022 Fall/Winter Collection

  el conductorH held its 2022 Fall/Winter Collection Runway Show at Club eX, a live event hall located at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo.Ā    This was their 3rd such presentation for Tokyo Fashion Week under the Rakuten umbrella....

Tokyo International Film Festival 2021 – Spaghetti Code Love

https://youtu.be/jaF3NJJvmFU The first feature film by music video director Takeshi Maruyama had its Japanese premiere at the 34th Tokyo International Film Festival. The term ā€œspaghetti codeā€ stems from IT jargon in where a concept of unstructured source code...

D-VEC 2022 Spring/Summer Collection

D-VEC is one of those consistent and unsung brands for Tokyo Fashion Week. They have been providing tech-wear coolness since their first runway out on Cat Street, Harajuku for the 2017 Autumn/Winter season. Their 2022 Spring/Summer collection presented...

FUMITO GANRYU + Yoshikazu Yamagata (writtenafterwards) 2021 Autumn/Winter Collection

Fumito Ganryu + Yoshikazu Yamagata (writtenafterwards) 2021 Autumn/Winter Collection FUMITO GANRYU held their 2021 Autumn/Winter collection runway at The National Art Center in Tokyo. The presentation was part of Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo and continued its hybrid style...

Tokyo International Film Festival 2020 – FOOD LUCK!

If you are a vegetarian, stop reading this now. If you have a love for beef and Yakiniku (grilled meat), by all means, please continue. First time director, screenwriter and noted yakinuku lover Jimon Terakado debuted his...

YUKI HASHIMOTO – Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo 2021 SS

YUKI HASHIMOTO's Spring/Summer 2021 collection was unveiled at Omotesando Hills Space O on Wednesday, October 14th, 2020. The theme was "BLACK INTELLIGENCE". The inspiration for this season was the work of Olafur Eliasson, a Danish-Icelandic artist who aims...