When David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was released in Japanese movie theatres on May 16, 1992, it quickly became one of must-see movies of the year. As I discussed during a presentation about Twin Peaks and Japan at the Real Twin Peaks event, the movie was booked in more than 100 theatres throughout the…
When Mark Frost and David Lynch’s Twin Peaks first aired on Japanese televisions in May 1991, audiences couldn’t get enough of their wonderful and strange show. During the Real Twin Peaks 2026 event, I presented an hour-long, free panel on Saturday, February 21 at the Black Dog Arts Cafe in Snoqualmie about the show’s connections to…
In 2024, Japanese fashion designer Jun Takahashi’s Undercover label released an officially licensed apparel and accessories collection inspired by David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks. From the preview at the Paris Fashion Show in January 2024 to the New Arrivals announcement in July to location photos from the product set on July 27 that…
Fresh off the Peaksmas 2025 celebration, I still have Twin Peaks in Japan on my mind. During my research into Kyle MacLachlan’s visit to Japan in February 1992, I found the Japanese trailer for David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. The minute-long preview features MacLachlan reprising his role as Special Agent Dale Cooper by delivering…
As the first light of Christmas morning shines through the trees outside my window, I’m looking back at Peaksmas 2025, a series of articles from fellow Twin Peaks Blog author and long-time fan Dugpa and me about Twin Peaks in Japan. In case you missed the articles, here is a summary of stories we covered with…
To close out this year’s “Peaksmas,” Dugpa and I are thrilled to present a diary about Kyle MacLachlan’s visit to Japan in February 1992. Dugpa found an article by Miyako Ishihara in a Japanese magazine called “Deluxe Color Cine Album 52.” Published in cooperation with the Kyle MacLachlan Fan Club, Ishihara’s article is roughly titled,…
Coca-Cola Japan Co., Ltd. located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo held a press conference to announce the production of a series “Twin Peaks” commercials for their new Georgia Coffee drink campaign on January 18th, 1993 at the Imperial Hotel in Hibiya, Tokyo. The campaign was aimed at solidifying and further developing the position of the Georgia brand,…
For many Twin Peaks fans, Takanori Higuchi will forever be remembered as Detective Ken Saito—the earnest Tokyo investigator who arrived in Twin Peaks searching for his missing fiancée in David Lynch’s surreal Georgia Coffee commercials of the early 1990s. Sharing scenes with Agent Dale Cooper, the Log Lady, and the familiar denizens of the Double…
The year 2007 was a thrilling time to be a Twin Peaks fan. In the fall, the much anticipated Twin Peaks – Definitive Gold Box Edition DVD set was released, containing a wealth of never-before-scene treasures from my favorite television show. Fans in Japan could pick up this set starting November 9, 2007. Paramount Japan featured the set…
When Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was released in Japan on May 16, 1992, it became a runaway success. Japanese audiences couldn’t get enough of the story about the last seven days of Laura Palmer. Stars from the film were the subject of countless articles including this issue of Roadshow magazine from June 1992. Wearing…