Art
Fuji Rock Festival ’12
Madchester and more
Mizuka Ueno
The leading ballerina says Japan’s fans are the best
U no Oyaji Ihin-ten
The postmortem exhibition of a secret lingerie collage collection
Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh:
Dancing in a Pool of Gray Grits
Anime Contents Expo 2012
The anti-establishment anime armada
Arch Enemy
Hell hath no fury like Angela Gossow’s voice
One Piece
Manga creator Eiichiro Oda’s first one-man show
Rhythm Basics
Techno long-runner Phonica branches out
Harunobu, Kiyonaga, Utamaro
The works of three ukiyo-e masters
Arakoi
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on March 2012 With a band [...]
Neil Landstrumm
The Scottish Scandinavian DJ talks techno
Hungry Like a Wolf
Hauling contemporary dance into the pop culture realm
Yokohama Art Department
A decidedly underground affair
Pappa Tarahumara Final Festival
An unorthodox dance adaptation of Snow White
Tokyo Comedy Club
UK comics raising laughs
Springroove
US hip-hop on the wane in Japan?
The Pogues
Turning Tokyo into a dirty old town
Orbital
The Hartnoll bros’ second coming
Art Fair Tokyo
Find your own way at this feast of variety
3 Butoh Dimensions
An interpretative trio in the mutable genre
A Different Kind of Truth
Van Halen back at the top of their game
Gabez
Silent comedy gets the Tokyo treatment