Metropolis
Metropolis is Japan's No. 1 English magazine, covering the nation's culture, fashion, entertainment and lifestyle for both local residents and aficionados abroad.
Junko Nakahama
Food journalist & tour guide
Little Shop of Horrors
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 For its 113th [...]
Mirror and Music
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 Since establishing his [...]
Tsukasa Yokozawa: Parallel Lives
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 Now based in [...]
Bunt
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 Following in the [...]
Kawasaki Jomon 10,000 Years
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 One can’t help [...]
Intermixi
Anime tourism experiences a boom despite the gloomy economy
Japan F1 Grand Prix
It’s Brit versus Brit in Suzuka
Napalm Death
The founders of grindcore just want you to take it easy
Someno Collection
Slapdash ceramics stir the mind at the National Museum of Modern Art
Forest Conservation in Tsukuba
Is a new housing tract “green development” or short-sighted destruction?
Bathed in Blood
Director Koji Shiraishi’s torture-porn flick Grotesque gets banned in Britain—and ignites a debate about Japan’s splatter-film boom
Palau
Heaven in the Pacific... weather permitting
Kawasaki Fish Market
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 A nice sense [...]
That’s One Rockin’ Rabbit
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 This column lost [...]
Who Needs Meishi?
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 We still feel [...]
Cut’n’Paste Audio
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 Even the fanciest [...]
Gomi Accessories
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 Mexican designer Olga [...]
21st Century Canteen
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 When is a [...]
Global Retro
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 What with Google [...]
Japanomatopoeia
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 ぴんぴん Meaning: Used [...]
The Rant
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 “I think that [...]