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Yoshitomo Nara: Beyond the Big-Headed Girls - Metropolis Japan

Yoshitomo Nara: Beyond the Big-Headed Girls

Yeewan Koon's new book traces Yoshitomo Nara's diverse career

What Went Wrong at ‘Terrace House’? - Metropolis Japan

What Went Wrong at ‘Terrace House’?

Reflecting on the Japanese reality show after the death of member Hana Kimura

LiLi Releases Debut Single - Metropolis Japan

LiLi Releases Debut Single

Building bridges between Japan and the world through music

WONK: Escaping the Filter-Bubble Phenomenon  - Metropolis Japan

WONK: Escaping the Filter-Bubble Phenomenon 

Tokyo experimental soul band WONK releases new album EYES

The American Who Brought Ghibli to the World - Metropolis Japan

The American Who Brought Ghibli to the World

An interview with Steve Alpert, author of 'Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man'

we smile when we want to - Metropolis Japan

we smile when we want to

A photo essay on womxn in Tokyo

Pasocom Music Club Interview: Finding Creativity in Limitation - Metropolis Japan

Pasocom Music Club Interview: Finding Creativity in Limitation

A millennial take on 90s synthesizer sounds 

Choice is Yours  - Metropolis Japan

Choice is Yours 

Bringing fashion to Morioka

Blossoms in Isolation - Metropolis Japan

Blossoms in Isolation

Blossoms talk quarantine creativity and new album Foolish Loving Spaces

When Art Imitates Life - Metropolis Japan

When Art Imitates Life

Galleries and artists adapt to cope with the coronavirus

The Japanese Kiltmaker in Scotland - Metropolis Japan

The Japanese Kiltmaker in Scotland

Hitomi Nomura's path from an ordinary Japanese woman into an artisan of Scotland's national dress

‘Black Creatives Japan’ Opens the Dialogue - Metropolis Japan

‘Black Creatives Japan’ Opens the Dialogue

Founder Ayana Wyse on visibility and what's lacking in the J-vlogging scene

Questioning Normalcy in the Age of the Pandemic - Metropolis Japan

Questioning Normalcy in the Age of the Pandemic

'Convenience Store Woman' author Sayaka Murata on breaking norms

#WFH and Other Playlists to Power Your Day - Metropolis Japan

#WFH and Other Playlists to Power Your Day

Spring vibes and focus tunes to stave off the coronavirus blues

Walking Like We Do - Metropolis Japan

Walking Like We Do

The Big Moon on their new album and pretending to be Zayn Malik

Paper City - Metropolis Japan

Paper City

Untold stories of the firebombing of Tokyo

Sustainable Threads - Metropolis Japan

Sustainable Threads

Fashion mogul Hiroko Ito redesigns the future

Art/Cult and Commerce: Japanese Cinema Since 2000 - Metropolis Japan

Art/Cult and Commerce: Japanese Cinema Since 2000

A review of American film critic Mark Schilling's new book

‘Followers’: The Highs and Lows of Insta-fame - Metropolis Japan

‘Followers’: The Highs and Lows of Insta-fame

Mika Ninagawa, Tokyo’s top creative, on her new hit Netflix show

Single Review: Pastel ‘Let You’ - Metropolis Japan

Single Review: Pastel ‘Let You’

Making a cross-genre blend of electronic funk and jazz in Taiwan

Metropolis Playlist: Spring 2020 - Metropolis Japan

Metropolis Playlist: Spring 2020

Music for your morning commute and other desperate times

Dialogue in the Dark: Totonou - Metropolis Japan

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 - Metropolis Japan

Pharaonic Fashion and Rock ’n’ Roll at BFGU FW

Designer Violet Chang on modern pharaohs and her new collection

WONK & TENDRE Live Review - Metropolis Japan

WONK & TENDRE Live Review

R&B meets soul music at Tokyo Kinema Club