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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30th Yokohama Hot Rod Custom Show 2022: A Grand Return

On December 4, 2022, the 30th Yokohama Hot Rod Custom Show (HCS), Japan's largest custom festival, was held at Pacifico Yokohama. After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, this year’s event marked a triumphant return to...

Tokyo Comic Con 2022 – A Triumphant Return After Three Years!

Tokyo Comic Con made a grand comeback this year, marking its 30th anniversary with an in-person event held from November 25th to November 27th at Makuhari Messe. This year's edition, the largest American comic book and Hollywood...

Motherhood – TIFF 2022

The Japanese film Bosei (母性) is one of the latest from prolific director Ryûichi Hiroki, who has no less than four releases in 2022. The film is also known in English as Motherhood or Maternal Instinct, depending...

BASICKS 2023 Spring/Summer Runway Show

The BASICKS brand by Masanori Morikawa held its first runway show at Rakuten Fashion Week for the 2023 Spring/Summer season. The collection was presented at the DHL Tokyo Distribution Center in Shinkiba, Tokyo, on Thursday, September 1st,...

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.    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 “spaghetti code” stems from IT jargon in where a concept of unstructured source code...
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