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Sic Transit
Why are Tokyo cabbies so clueless?
Vegetable Sushi Potager
Who says you need fish to make sushi?
Ai Fukuhara
The former teen table-tennis star has grown up—and got better
Colin
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on March 2011 It’s an admirable [...]
March 3, 2011
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on March 2011 Nationalists celebrate National [...]
The Race is On!
Metropolis and the Heiwajima Boat Race Stadium team up for a day of thrills and spills
The Tourist
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on March 2011 On a picturesque [...]
David Powell
Businessman, photographer and blogger
Amazing Grace
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on March 2011 This story of [...]
Following the True Path
For hundreds of years, the Shoninki has served as an inspiration for aspiring ninja. Now the work finally sees the light of day in English
Holly Cole
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on March 2011 There’s more to [...]
Bintley’s Choice
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on March 2011 In his second [...]
March 3, 2011
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on March 2011 To commemorate the [...]
Jad Fair: Celebrate The Celebration
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on March 2011 Jad Fair, of [...]
The King’s Speech
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on February 2011 If you’ve been [...]
Q&A
Rossella Ceccarini, author of Pizza and Pizza Chefs in Japan: a Case of Culinary Globalization
Slicker Than Yr Average Pan
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on February 2011 The appeal of [...]
A Sense of Wonder
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on February 2011 Two “interviews” with [...]
Taiheiyo no Kiseki: Fokussu to Yobareta Otoko
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on February 2011 Taiheiyo no Kiseki [...]
Coffee Shepherd
The Last Comic
New Space, New Works
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on February 2011 After 18 lonely [...]
Inle Lake
Life moves slowly in Burma’s water world