Culture
The Best Japanese Cookbooks
Metropolis' Editorial Team reviews the best new cookbooks for gourmands and oenophiles
Tokyo’s Top Haunted Spots for Ghost Hunting in Summer 2026
13 of Tokyo’s Most Paranormal Spots
The Asadora Effect
Fifteen minutes to shape a nation
7 Japanese Romance Movies That’ll Break Your Heart (in a Good Way)
So you can sob while practicing your Japanese listening skills
Japanese LGBTQ+ Films To Watch in 2026
Love, heartbreak and the untold tales of Japan’s queer community
Book Review: Strange Pictures by Uketsu
a clever and unsettling puzzle disguised as a novel
Book Review: Tokyo These Days by Taiyo Matsumoto
a quiet meditation on creativity, relevance and persistence
What’s Up With Bad Sex in Murakami?
Pleasure and prose in 'Killing Commendatore' and other novels
The Top 10 Japanese Movies Of All Time
How would you rank your favorite Japanese cinema?
Audemars Piguet x Swatch’s “Royal Pop” Watch Lands in Tokyo on May 16
Eight pocket watches, three stores, one per person. Your complete drop guide.
Book Review: Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa
a sharp and uncompromising voice in modern Japanese fiction
The Japanese Aesthetic of Transparency: From Hokusai to Pocari Sweat
"Toumeikan" is symbolized by water and made visible by the color blue
What is Zakka Style?
A kind of curated coziness
Artist Tomei: Curating Transparent Life (+Aesthetic Jelly Recipe)
Interview with mysterious artist Tomei on the beauty of clear things.
Book Review: The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami
A quiet return to memory, longing and surreal boundaries
The Most Handsome Anime Crushes of 2026
The hottest heartthrobs this year
Traditional Japanese Performing Arts
A guide to the major styles of Japanese Performing Arts
Museums and Art Galleries to Visit in Tokyo
An art-lover’s dream itinerary
Inside the 2026 Akutagawa & Naoki Prizes
The Most Prestigious Prizes in Japanese Literature
10 Japanese Horror Movies That’ll Make You Switch the “Big Light” On
Eerie films to haunt your nights this spooky season
Why Are There So Many Cats in Japanese Fiction?
Literary symbol or cultural cliche?
Godzilla: The Kaiju That Remembers
A Creature of Fallout and Postwar Memory