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