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[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

On the Move

Connecting Shibuya with Ikebukuro (finally!), Tokyo’s last major subway line is ready to roll. Hop onboard the nifty new Fukutoshin line

Jero Worship

Japan can’t get enough of the first African-American enka singer

Shooting Asia

In Looking East, iconic photographer Steve McCurry portrays the continent and its people

All Dolled Up

Despite negative stereotypes and shifting demographics, Tokyo’s doll industry is booming

Darin Maki

Basketball Player, Tokyo Apache

Yasuko Yokoyama

Founder, wine-glass importer Rikizo