Art
Origami
A big wave of acid house revival is approaching
Extreme AR Image Core
Sensory overload at Diesel Gallery
Gilles Peterson
The UK tastemaker’s Japan connection
The Stepkids
Retro-funkers headline Worldwide Showcase 2013
Executive Fight Night III
Corporate boxing returns to Tokyo
Damo Suzuki
An improvised life
Tokyo Heterotopia
Interactive series of human stories around Tokyo
Arakoi
Japan’s longest-named band tours its new album
FIVB World Grand Champions Cup Volleyball
The world’s best are set to compete in Japan
KiNK
Bleeding-edge electronics from Bulgaria
Benjamin Skepper
Aussie-Japanese musician’s postmodern soundscapes
New York City Ballet
Principal dancer Jared Angle plays down the Black Swan drama
Kyoto from Inside and Outside: Scenes on Panels and Folding Screens
Enjoy the splendor of Kyoto in Tokyo
Grand Theft Auto V
It’s good to be bad
Sengai and the World of Zen
Food for thought at the Idemitsu
Kokai no Yume
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2013 One of the [...]
Loud Park
The hoariest headbangers’ fest in Japan
Autumn Reading
A look at some new titles to fill out your bookshelf
The Olympics Are Coming!
Preparing for 2020 by looking back at 1964
The Trojans
Ska-ing their way into history
Jon Cleary
Sprouted in Britain, fermented in New Orleans
Tokyo Photo
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2013 Asia’s largest photo [...]
Tokyo Gharana
North Indian dance comes to Tokyo
Dots
Techno innovator Ken Ishii exhumes his underground avatar Flare
Goth-Trad
Japan’s dubstep avatar looks to broaden his horizons
American Pop Art
Iconoclasm and irony at the NACT
Light
Gathering for Dave Twomey memorial and scholarship
Bleu
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2013 Dynamic French photographer [...]
Asagiri Jam
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2013 Think of it [...]
Diamond Dogs
Are some records not meant to be broken?
Goldie x Dego
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2013 Two overlords of [...]
H
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2013 “H,” in Israeli [...]
Miminashi Houichi
A dance piece inspired by avant-garde playwright and director Shuji Terayama
The Mediterranean World: Collections from the Louvre
The civilization of the sea at Ueno’s shrunken pond