David Bowie Through the Eyes of a Japanese Photographer

Masayoshi Sukita reflects on collaborations with the icon

Why Was Tokyo Dubbed “Venice of the East”?

The forgotten city of water

Japanese Cookbooks

Metropolis' Editorial Team reviews the best new cookbooks for gourmands and oenophiles

Yurei: Japanese Spirits of Summer?

The real and imagined ghosts of Japan

Katsu Kaishu: The Man Who Saved Edo from the Flames

The samurai who saved Edo from war

Yakatabune in Tokyo

Cruising through Tokyo in style

Water Spirits in Japanese Folklore

From the cheeky to the horrific

Japanese Creation Myths Born from Water

Japan’s oldest stories are told in water

Ukai: The Ancient Japanese Art of Cormorant Fishing

Witness Japan’s 1,300-year-old spectacle of cormorant fishing in Gifu

The Japanese Aesthetic of Transparency: From Hokusai to Pocari Sweat

"Toumeikan" is symbolized by water and made visible by the color blue

Artist Tomei: Curating Transparent Life (+Aesthetic Jelly Recipe)

Interview with mysterious artist Tomei on the beauty of clear things.

A Bold Shunga Exhibition Brings Edo-Era Erotic Art to Kabukicho

See Japan’s sex-positive past through 100 rare erotic woodblock prints, on view at a Tokyo Noh theater this summer.