Culture
Metropolis Playlist: Spring 2020
Music for your morning commute and other desperate times
Dialogue in the Dark: Totonou
Lose a sense to gain a new perspective at this immersive event
Pharaonic Fashion and Rock ’n’ Roll at BFGU FW
Designer Violet Chang on modern pharaohs and her new collection
WONK & TENDRE Live Review
R&B meets soul music at Tokyo Kinema Club
Ben Harper: ‘Hear Yourself More Clearly’
The Grammy Award winner’s original band tours Japan
Where His Path Goes
Mike Love on reggae, Apple Music and coming to Japan
The Titanic Literary Accomplishment of Yoko Ogawa
Power and metaphor in 'The Memory Police'
Album Review: Tawings’ Debut LP
Dream-pop songs from the Tokyo-based trio
Making It Weird
Austin-based Ringo Deathstarr on the new album and having babies
Hurray Hurray Handkerchiefs at Tokyo Midtown
New exhibit supports disabled athletes
School Rules
Is conformity law for students in Japan?
Shake It Up
The New Mastersounds on funk, Leeds and touring Japan
Fumiya Koido
How the tragedy of the Tohoku earthquake sparked a young pianist’s career
Ardal O’Hanlon
A career in comedy and standup in Tokyo
VOODOO DEAD: Steve Kimock Interview
Guitar legend talks Grateful Dead, Japanese audiences and American rock attitudes
The Right Pair
How Europe’s masters paved the way for Japanese footwear
No Words Left
Lucy Rose on her new album and the importance of traveling
Head Over Heels
#KuToo and the power of the uniform
ROUTE BOOKS
Be here now at Higashi-Ueno’s greenest cafe and bookstore
Playing With Gravity
EDM's rising star Gryffin on his latest album and Japanese roots
TOKYO TALKS: BJ FOX
Every month, Metropolis talks with a Tokyo resident about their cultural agenda
Yumi Katsura: Behind the Scenes
Japan’s top bridal designer launches a new book
Relaxing States
Homeshake on Helium and lo-fi in Japan
Cafe Cheshmeh
Creating opportunities in the Tokyo music scene
Hardly Unremarkable
Enigmatic singer-songwriter Aldous Harding discusses Japan and nurturing the artist within
In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World
An extension of the critically-acclaimed wartime anime
KID FRESINO at Ebisu Liquidroom
One of the hottest rappers in the Japanese music scene
Kusama: Infinity
New documentary sheds light on one of Japan’s finest artists
Who Will Save the 2,000 Yen Bill?
The future of Japan’s most inconvenient note
Live Review: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry at WWW X
Going inward on Quiet River of Dust Vol. 2
Mind the Gap
The ongoing battle to translate Japan's leading literary women
Dramatic
Fights, fury and heartbreak in Momoe Yamaguchi’s 1978 pop album
Tokyo Talks: Suguru Ishibashi
Every month, Metropolis talks with a Tokyo resident about their cultural agenda
Metronomy Forever
10th anniversary for the English electronic group