Art
Japan Blues & Soul Carnival
The country’s longest running music festival
Otomo Katsuhiro Genga
Manga: the Akira creator’s influence
Hokuo Music Night 2012
Cold Scandinavia a hotbed of pop music
Tomes for the Tots
Carp streamers and genki matters
Kat DeLuna
The Kat jumped over DeLuna
Gruff Rhys
Super Furry Animals’ frontman shows solidarity with the Manics
Nihon no Kawaii
The roots of cute
Macbeth
An innovative and accessible production of the Scottish Play
Asobi Seksu
NYC band with Japanese singer
Japan On Foot
A tale of two women and 7,500km
Charlotte Perriand et le Japon
Le Corbusier’s interior designer
W feat. Sasha
The prog-house giant renews his ties to Womb
Moonface
With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery
Whisky Live 2012
Single malt heaven
Fire!
Swedish avant-garde jazz plus Jim O’Rourke
Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2012
Do an art walk under Tokyo station
A View From the Sky
Ukiyo-e visions of Edo
Arty
Russia’s first DJ superstar
Eli Walks
Deep, dark beats from a young Japanese-American
Lee Bul
The Mori shows the feminism and femininity of the avant-garde Korean artist
Ben Skepper
Avant-garde cellist at Kono Hachiman shrine
Pandora & Betty Poison
An Italian/Belgian beast with two backs brings the carnage