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.
Thar She Blows
The whaling lobby blubbers on
Manga for the Masses
Artist Jamie Lynn Lano wants Japanese comics to go mainstream
Sizzling Sandals
Wafu for the feet
Rewind This!
Revisit the battle of Betamax
Johnsons Motorcar
Expat Irish rock outfit fiddles Fuji Rock
Write Me Up
Custom paper notebooks
Sad Tea
A reasonably realistic and entertaining ensemble drama
Edge of Tomorrow
Sharply written, action-packed, unexpectedly funny and entertaining
New Moon
Will Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal live up to the original?
Ask Metropolis Anything Vol. 8
Answers on sexual harassment in the Japanese workplace
July 3, 2014
Telephone lines, Yamanote train redesign, bad lieutenants and more
Weekend Volunteers
English camps for Tohoku kids
Maleficent
Emotionally absorbing and never less than visually astonishing
PacificRoots Fest
Groove to the sounds of Oceania
June 27, 2014
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on June 2014 Harajuku pigeons, by [...]
Parkland
No new theories on the Kennedy assassination
Oldboy
A grim and gruesome feel-bad movie
Beyond the Edge
A tense, you-are-there adventure
Her
Modest in scale and never less than compelling
Go-Betweens
Art and life through the eyes of a child at the Mori
Summer Festival Guide ’14
Metropolis picks the best of the fests
June 27, 2014
Loincloth comeback, it's getting hot in here, baby bumps and more