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.
Spring Skin
For the sakura season
Tokyo Nammin
Worth a look, but not a masterpiece
Pollen Protector
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on March 2014 Hayfever season is [...]
Shochu 101
Sip and learn
Serious Seaweed
Laser-cut nori
Hot Tuna
Vintage Cali tunesters prepare to sizzle Japan
J.League Preview
What's in store for the new season
Capybara Café
The world's largest rodent reigns in Tokyo
Oscar Winners
Where to catch the awarded films
12 Years a Slave
A horror-film history lesson that pulls no punches
Riddick
Plenty of gallows humor
For No Good Reason
Doc on the splatter illustrator
Fire Walk
Tread on embers
Maurice Montero
Kinetic sculptures pit man against gravity
Die tote stadt
Revival of rarely performed breakthrough work
Ovo: Cirque du Soleil
New show on an insect theme
I Love Ireland
Culture, music and of course beer
Grand Piano
A ludicrous cat-and-mouse game
Dracula 3D
Groan-worthy awfulness
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Entertaining eye candy, but little depth
Machete Kills
Quickly devolves into a splatter comedy
Lovelace
Skin-deep movie