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Light of Life - Metropolis Japan

Light of Life

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 Sanyo’s Eneloop range [...]

Education Reptile - Metropolis Japan

Education Reptile

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 If we spend [...]

The Watanabes - Metropolis Japan

The Watanabes

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 More than just [...]

Pips’n’Paper - Metropolis Japan

Pips’n’Paper

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 Writing about stationery [...]

CharaPa! - Metropolis Japan

CharaPa!

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 Cosplay steps out [...]

It’s What’s Outside That Counts - Metropolis Japan

It’s What’s Outside That Counts

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 Sometimes futurism can [...]

22nd Tokyo International Film Festival - Metropolis Japan

22nd Tokyo International Film Festival

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 Ever since the [...]

Disco Dolls - Metropolis Japan

Disco Dolls

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 These are so [...]

Scene Around Town - Metropolis Japan

Scene Around Town

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 Title: A Dog [...]

The Beat Ahead - Metropolis Japan

The Beat Ahead

A new collaboration seeks to drum up the future of taiko

Yokohama Photo Triangle - Metropolis Japan

Yokohama Photo Triangle

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 Japan’s love affair [...]

Recruiters Cup - Metropolis Japan

Recruiters Cup

The annual soccer tournament welcomes a team of local homeless players

The Manga Cookbook - Metropolis Japan

The Manga Cookbook

An innovative culinary guide drags otaku into the kitchen

Shingo Katayama - Metropolis Japan

Shingo Katayama

The other guy in Japanese golf isn’t going down without a fight

Nicchitsu Mine Hospital - Metropolis Japan

Nicchitsu Mine Hospital

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 Name: Nicchitsu Mine [...]

One-Night Stands - Metropolis Japan

One-Night Stands

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 It seems that [...]

John Kirwan - Metropolis Japan

John Kirwan

Head coach, Japan national rugby team

Let’s Talk About You-Know-What - Metropolis Japan

Let’s Talk About You-Know-What

Japan’s double standards about sex have got to change

Miss World - Metropolis Japan

Miss World

Dancer, biker, newscaster—NHK World’s Yuko Fukushima is a lot more than just a pretty face

Digital Bazaar - Metropolis Japan

Digital Bazaar

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 Your go-to place [...]

Mood Board - Metropolis Japan

Mood Board

Marunouchi’s newest nightspot delivers a mixed bag of styles

Geibikei and Hiraizumi - Metropolis Japan

Geibikei and Hiraizumi

Temples and gorges jostle for attention in Iwate Prefecture

Sick of it All - Metropolis Japan

Sick of it All

A new rule promises to make public health insurance compulsory for foreigners living in Japan... or does it?

Tokyo Sundub - Metropolis Japan

Tokyo Sundub

The Korean tofu hotpot boom lands in Tokyo