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Otello - Metropolis Japan

Otello

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 Widely lauded for [...]

Fishmobile! - Metropolis Japan

Fishmobile!

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 Visitors to Tsukiji [...]

Temporal Drift - Metropolis Japan

Temporal Drift

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 If we lived [...]

State of Washington - Metropolis Japan

State of Washington

Two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington reports for Tokyo subway duty

Scene Around Town - Metropolis Japan

Scene Around Town

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009What: “Hanatsutae” exhibition Where: [...]

Victory Lap of Luxury - Metropolis Japan

Victory Lap of Luxury

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009Sometimes, nothing but the [...]

Umoja - Metropolis Japan

Umoja

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 Created as a [...]

Garden Party - Metropolis Japan

Garden Party

Find some little-known green spots in central Tokyo

Ombak Hitam - Metropolis Japan

Ombak Hitam

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 Iconoclastic, self-taught musician [...]

Alberto Calero Lugo - Metropolis Japan

Alberto Calero Lugo

Producer and programming director, Latin Beat Film Festival

Handle With Care - Metropolis Japan

Handle With Care

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 Back in the [...]

Dolly DIY - Metropolis Japan

Dolly DIY

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 New York-based toymaker [...]

Sep 11, 2009 - Metropolis Japan

Sep 11, 2009

This Week's Required Reading

Ai Weiwei - Metropolis Japan

Ai Weiwei

The Mori presents drab minimalism and toothless iconoclasm

Two Rooms - Metropolis Japan

Two Rooms

Welcome to Tokyo's most happening bar

Tetsubirobi - Metropolis Japan

Tetsubirobi

Flaming food and a deep shochu list enliven this Jimbocho izakaya

Porta-Power - Metropolis Japan

Porta-Power

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 A lot of [...]

Kansai Music Conference & Japan Music Week - Metropolis Japan

Kansai Music Conference & Japan Music Week

Two new foreign-led powwows try to shake up the industry

Neighborhoods - Metropolis Japan

Neighborhoods

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009Forget what you’ve heard [...]

Openings - Metropolis Japan

Openings

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 For months, it [...]

Live Fast,  Retire Young - Metropolis Japan

Live Fast, Retire Young

Metropolis hits the streets with Tokyo's top bike messengers

Genealogy of Famous Actors - Metropolis Japan

Genealogy of Famous Actors

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 To what extent [...]

SLAPP Happy - Metropolis Japan

SLAPP Happy

Freedom of speech in Japan is under threat. Here's why...

Marunouchi Brick Square - Metropolis Japan

Marunouchi Brick Square

A classy new shopping center has a restaurant to suit every taste