SNOW Magazine wouldn’t be possible without its amazing collection of guest columns, brought to you by the following team of contributors. As everyone’s columns start to appear on the site, clicking on the writer’s name will bring you to their respective posts.

• Alastair Townsend: A Tokyo-based architect and founder of BAKOKO Design & Development. He also blogs regularly at AlaTown, which is home to his “A Few Things” series.
• Andrew Lee: Currently editor at Kodansha International, but also a writer and art director, whose work includes Arcade Mania, Yokai Attack, and The Otaku Encyclopedia.
• Alin Huma: Photographer, zine maker, barista, and the man you need to talk to if you want to get a custom bike built for you.
• Audrey Fondecave: Artist, co-founder of OK Fred magazine, and co-host of the Radio OK Fred podcast series.
• Bianca Beuttel: Kyoto-based designer and essayist who continues on SNOW her coverage of Japanese package design, something she did brilliantly at PingMag.
• Claire Tanaka: Writer and translator based in Tokushima, whose byline you’re likely to remember from PingMag and PingMag MAKE.
• David Marx: The man, the myth, founder of Néojaponisme, and currently the Tokyo city editor at CNNGo.
• Hiroshi Egaitsu: Professor, thinker, freelance writer, and a man who has made you shake your ass at many a Tokyo club event.
• Hiyoko Imai: Amsterdam-based freelance designer and illustrator, and also a partner at GOOD Japan, and a member of the Goodfellas Network.
• Ian Lynam: Graphic designer, art director, typographer, professor, dancer…
• James Kay: Game developer and founder of the Tokyo-based Score Studios.
• Jeriaska: Contributor to many a game coverage site, who tends to focus on the music side of the games industry.
• Johan Prag: Art director who just can’t help but create beautiful things.
• Johnny Strategy: If you aren’t reading his site, Spoon & Tamago, then head there now.
• Josh McKible: Illustrator and — increasingly — papercraft enthusiast and creator of NaniBird.
• Mari Kojima: Photographer who will also get your body moving in her guise as member of Mammal.
• Marie Iida: Writer, translator, soon-to-be filmmaker, and all-around project booster.
• Mark MacDonald: A true veteran of the world of games editorial (EGM, 1UP), and current localizer of some of Japan’s biggest games.
• Masao Tamoaki: Founder of the online select design shop TokyoMade.
• Micke Thorsby: You know him as PMKFA, the graphic designer extraordinaire.
• Patrick Benny: A web programmer based in Tokyo with a passion for music, he writes concert reports on his blog chipple.net, and a release announcement blog called Agenda. He also writes music bits on Twitter as @coolestsound, and runs used CD shop Tokyo Recohan when time permits.
• Paul Baron: Co-founder of Tokyo Art Beat — a site I can’t imagine having to live without — and designer at Tokyo-based web studio AQ.
• Remo Camerota: Filmmaker, art director, comic creator, he’s also the author of the terrific Graffiti Japan.
• Shane Lester: Designer and art director at W+K Tokyo, member of the W+K Tokyo Lab, and the person you’re least likely to catch up on while biking.
• Sophie Knight: Freelance writer and zine fanatic, who creates her own as well.
• Yoshi Tsujimura: Yoshi deals in words, even if he is very quiet in his role as co-host of Radio OK Fred. He created the magazine OK Fred in 2001, and has been writing for it ever since, as well as contributing to After Hours, L Magazine, and blogs such as Artscape. But more than just a writer, he has also always photographed the people he interviews, and has collected many portraits that you can see in his journal at okfred.com.