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.
Beautiful Creatures
Clunky Twilight clone set in the deep south
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Urgent and inspiring doc on the bad boy of Chinese art
Nov 28, 2013
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on November 2013 Couple watching sunset [...]
Captain Phillips
Tom Hanks upends the conventional idea of an action hero
November 29, 2013
Declassified documents, monk abuse and award-winning noodles
Antibalas Orchestra
Pioneering promoter Organic Groove returns with the Afrobeat powerhouse
Marky Star
The history blogger reveals his obsession with hidden Tokyo
Nov 27, 2013
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on November 2013 Tachikawa Park's Leaves [...]
Nov 26, 2013
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on November 2013 Top snowboarders on [...]
Nov 25, 2013
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on November 2013 A family looking [...]
Pit Stop
Roll up for refueling
On the Half Shell
Oysters without all the fuss
Still Fighting
An update on a story from 2008
Still Fighting
An update on a story from 2008
Fry-Up
Okonomiyaki burgers-yes, you heard us right
Lunchbox
Learn to make stunningly cute bento
Brew
Forget beaujolais and break open some grain-based wine
Home Dining
Eat out and socialize in this new apartment building.
Half-Cooked Eggs
Ivan Ramen’s “eggscellent” signature dish
Tokyo Filmex
Tokyo's edgiest film fest, Polish films and a French drama.
Shijukunichi No Recipe
Unfolds like a typical Japanese family drama, but touches in a profound way
A Liar’s Auto-biography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman
Aggressively not funny and most decidedly not a Monty Python movie