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3 Female Artists You Should Follow - Metropolis Japan

3 Female Artists You Should Follow

Blossom the Project, Mari Naomi and Christine Mari Inzer on art, activism and mental health

Ethical Watchmaker August Berg Enters Japan - Metropolis Japan

Ethical Watchmaker August Berg Enters Japan

Scandanavian designs channel 'timefulness' and sustainability

GOMA - Metropolis Japan

GOMA

The intricate worlds of an Aomori-based artist

Hidden Retail: 5 Thrift Stores in Tokyo - Metropolis Japan

Hidden Retail: 5 Thrift Stores in Tokyo

Elevate your thrifting game at these lesser known gems

I Know You Are, But What Am I? - Metropolis Japan

I Know You Are, But What Am I?

Metropolis’ editor-in-chief examines life in Japan as a stammerer

Do No Harm But Take No Shit - Metropolis Japan

Do No Harm But Take No Shit

Bae Tokyo founder Jayda B on virtual inclusivity, Made By She and feminism in Japan

Comedy is Tragic in ‘Spark’ - Metropolis Japan

Comedy is Tragic in ‘Spark’

A review of manzai star Naoki Matayoshi’s translated novel

Andrew Wasylyk: Fugitive Light and Themes of Consolation  - Metropolis Japan

Andrew Wasylyk: Fugitive Light and Themes of Consolation 

Album review and interview with the Scottish multi-instrumentalist

Embracing Transgender and Gender Nonconformity - Metropolis Japan

Embracing Transgender and Gender Nonconformity

Photographer Paule Saviano returns to Tokyo with crucial new exhibition

Waater Goes All Out - Metropolis Japan

Waater Goes All Out

Five punk-fuelled friends are out to revive Tokyo's indie music scene

Global Art Superstars Kick Off Mori Art Museum’s New Season - Metropolis Japan

Global Art Superstars Kick Off Mori Art Museum’s New Season

STARS celebrates the work of Takashi Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara and more

The Resurgence of a Japanese Literary Master - Metropolis Japan

The Resurgence of a Japanese Literary Master

Fifty years after his death, Yukio Mishima is reemerging in translation

Christian Lee Hutson: Beginners - Metropolis Japan

Christian Lee Hutson: Beginners

The debut album of Phoebe Bridgers’ creative prodigy

Talking With the Only Gaijin in the Village - Metropolis Japan

Talking With the Only Gaijin in the Village

Scotsman Iain Maloney on his new book about life in rural Japan

THE NOVEMBERS Interview: At The Beginning - Metropolis Japan

THE NOVEMBERS Interview: At The Beginning

Japanese rock quartet crosses genres and generations on its eighth album

Your Summer Reading List - Metropolis Japan

Your Summer Reading List

Recommendations from Tokyo's literary scene

Maika Loubté: Closer to Emotion - Metropolis Japan

Maika Loubté: Closer to Emotion

French-Japanese chanteuse on fundamentals and her latest album

Masu Dore: ‘The Best Ever in 18 Years’ - Metropolis Japan

Masu Dore: ‘The Best Ever in 18 Years’

Japanese rock trio returns with two new singles

Morenx in Japan: ‘Respect My Identity and Respect My Culture’ - Metropolis Japan

Morenx in Japan: ‘Respect My Identity and Respect My Culture’

Vlogger and activist Brianna Slaughter talks BLM, mental health and allyship

Breasts, Eggs and Existential Feminism - Metropolis Japan

Breasts, Eggs and Existential Feminism

Mieko Kawakami’s intimate portrait of womanhood in 'Breasts and Eggs'

My Quarantine Albums - Metropolis Japan

My Quarantine Albums

A stay at home soundtrack from artists in the music scene

5 Things You Didn’t Know About Hayao Miyazaki - Metropolis Japan

5 Things You Didn’t Know About Hayao Miyazaki

New memoir reveals strange and surprising facts about the famous artist

Goodbye to All That - Metropolis Japan

Goodbye to All That

A not-so-fiction story about life in Tokyo during the pandemic

Primordial Violence - Metropolis Japan

Primordial Violence

Tomoko Konoike: Art, nature and human creatures