Metropolis
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Kabuki-za Paintings
The lush decorative history of a national institution
Chez Damier
Chicago’s spacier take on house
Tokyo Photo 2011
The UK's Chris Shaw features among the annual snap fest
September 21, 2011
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2011 West meets East [...]
Tokyo Jazz 2011
Tokyo International Forum, Sep 2-4
September 19, 2011
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2011 Police escort an [...]
September 18, 2001
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2011 "Public Transport" - [...]
September 16, 2001
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2011 Parking wheels in [...]
Sacrifice, Teamwork & Optimism
Noble restraint leaves no doubt of Japan's recovery
The Ward
The movie Sucker Punch wanted to be
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D
Good-naturedly tongue-in-cheek green-screen flick
September 14, 2011
This week's required reading
Kazoku X
Koki Yoshida's jittery portrait of a family suffocated by ennui
Bavarian State Opera
Operatic panorama from the Deutsch masters
Matthew Herbert
Porcine musical odyssey
Freaks Village
Daytime carnage for the adult raver
Tokyo Rittai Zukan
Take in Makotocluv's 3-D Tokyo picture book
Roska
The British bass boy makes his Japan debut
Design Makes You Happy!?
Well does it?
It’s a Ripper
Tear your way to titillation
Pocket This
No iPhone? Try this
Japan Heart
Taking care of the hard to reach