Ponytail Journal

Our pal Yumiko Sakuma takes us on a ride through a delicious, psychedelic, and progressive arts festival in Kagoshima - where some of the biggest creative talents in the Tokyo music, fashion, food, and craft scene brave the hottest month for the funnest time ever.

To continue the grand tour of our favourite little beach getaway, Hayama, we’re taking you for a spot of coffee and organic spam at Soda cafe. Inside you’ll find a neatly organised trophy room of their favourite things - longboards, braided necklaces, colourful injection moulded skateboards, and a bunch of delicious goodies that make you feel like this is really an extension of their home.

When shopping around for the best possible night’s sleep, there is one thing you CAN save on, and that’s your bed base, because you can always build your own cool up-cycled one from used pallets. Presenting our tried and tested blueprint for people who want to get thrifty with timber and metal.

Part two of Music For Dreamers is a mix by director Bank Tangjaitrong for Ponytail Journal that brings us into his eclectic world of dramatic scores from some of his favourite films of all time. Hit it Bank !

On the yearly vintage run to LA, Kapital designer Kiro Hirata starts the hunt for inspiration for his ever wild mens and women’s collections. He joins his buddy Eric Kvatek who has been shooting Kapital’s cult catalogue for over 2 decades to scour, drink, ride, roll, and side-step their way through the bountiful world of American vintage. ’Take it from here Eric

This summer, Lauren took the Yoox team to one of her favourite secluded islands in the Gulf of Thailand to show them what the tastiest, funnest, dreamiest vacation can be.

Here at PTJ we’re trying to spread a mindfulness about day to day consumption - had you ever realized how many straws we take without any extra thought? We’ve reached out to major malls, magazines, and community spaces to help transition the big guys to not only reduce their plastic usage but to also set the standard for others to follow. This is how it’s going down and this is how you can help us too!

The ancient kingdom of Ayutthaya, the previous capital of Thailand, is a day trip away from Bangkok and a soulful place to visit. If you’re planning to go, you may have already scoured through the millions of travel guides, Lonely Planet advice, and perhaps even Wiki-ed it, but let us show you what makes it so special.

Out friends Fish Thinkers collaborate with the NSW Department of Primary Industries in Australia to monitor fish stocks for conservation. Not only do they produce the most incredible videos in the name of science, they are unbelievably beautiful and we love them.

The latest on the Ponytail Journal wave has you exploring the world, past and present, through a spicy, jazzy flavour. Presenting, ’Salty’. Click through for over an hour of salty listening goodness.

An exhibition of the rollin’ anthology that is - our pal Eric Kvatek’s vast body of photography work, poetic in his great gift for story telling through imagery. Hosted by Heavy Selection in Bangkok, the opening was the most interesting gathering of an eclectic motorbike riding, indigo loving scene. Lucky Eric was there himself to document the wonderful hybrid between a romantic vision of the wild west, vintage, and pop-culture all carefully proportioned around a tight knit crowd in Thailand. What a soulful melting pot of badass, new-ass, and old-ass... and lots of bikes.

El Nido is living proof that marine life has the ability bounce back in diversity and beauty from nothing thanks to blast fishing that wipes out entire coral reefs and all of its inhabitants. So our travel guru Anne Berry takes us with her on a kayak journey through the set of pristine islands - come along with her