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Sign of the Times
Say goodbye to “High Touch Town.” Roppongi is about to get a new Logo to go along with its new image
Carrie Nation
As Sex and the City: The Movie opens in Tokyo, Japanese women are emulating their big-screen heroines
Air Fair
Fuel costs are sending airfares into the stratosphere. What’s a poor traveler to do?
Face Off
Each year on August 15, downtown Tokyo turns into a riot zone as right-wing militants clash with antiwar protesters. Metropolis gives you a ringside seat to all the action
[Sub]urban Pleasures
Futako-Tamagawa offers attractions ranging from the spiritual to the cultural to the culinary. Here’s an insider’s guide TO THIS leafy Setagaya-ku neighborhood
Dressed to Thrill
As the summer sizzles with major cosplay events across Japan, the industry branches out in bold new directions
Long Live the Queen
TV host Charles Ayres scours the city for his prince
State of the Art
Why collecting Japanese contemporary art is right, now
Here Be Monsters
From ESP labs to Pokemon panics to death cults, Japan is a wonderland of the bizarre. Metropolis takes a Fortean approach to the country’s mysteries
Ladies Night Out
An evening in Tokyo’s underbelly reveals the bare essentials for a girl about town