Art
Clinton Friedman
Intimate portraits of flowering plants
Jazz Auditoria 2013
Celebrate International Jazz Day for free
Kirilola
Post-eX-Girl mysticism
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Cult Canadian post-rockers give fans what they want
Marc Jacobs Exhibition
Retrospective of iconic US fashion designer
DBS presents Mala In Japan
The chilled-out delicacy of early dubstep
Jazztronik
Ryota Nozaki fuses live jazz and electronica
Design Ah!
Ambitions downsized at Roppongi’s design bunker
Wilco
Influential alt-country act finally get respect in Japan
2562 Japan Tour 2013
Subterranean dubstep meets roots Detroit techno
El Greco
My big skinny Greek painting at Tokyo Met
Moon Duo
Ripley and Sanae lob their spaced out sounds at Japan
Roppongi Art Night 2013
Take in shows from sunset to sunrise
Ozzfest
Black Sabbath headline a metaller’s paradise
Karl Hyde
Fresh off the Olympics, Underworld’s frontman stabs out solo
Jazz Week Tokyo
Full-on lineup at Tokyo Jazz’s new crosstown rival
G-Tokyo 2013
Easily digestible art fair
Felabration
Afrobeat giant feted in Aoyama
Break 3000
Peter Gijselaers’ Dirt Crew are rekindling the Berlin house scene
Grizzly Bear
Witness the booming Brooklyn band in cosy confines
Shen Yun
The beauty of divine beings dancing
Negative: Nothing
Swiss filmmakers’ walk through Japan
Fiercesounds 6th Anniversary
Ireland’s techno princess on a royal visit
Failsafe Records
New Zealand indie comes to town
Tohoku Artist Caravan
Charity arts effort launches at SuperDeluxe
Larry Coryell Special Unit
Jazz-fusion doesn’t get any better
Digital Choc
A Gallic take on digital culture
Endurance
Spectacular photography on a 4K monitor at this free exhibition
Chara
Breaking the mold, then and now
Artist File 2013
Contemporary art with popular appeal at Roppongi’s NACT
Tokyo International Literary Festival
Coetzee and co. descend on the city
GoGirls Tokyo
International Women’s Day and 2nd Anniversary Celebration
Crosstown Rebels
Club legend Damian Lazarus celebrates a decade of devilish fun
Japandroids
A kind of homecoming?