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High Contrasts, Soft Explosions - Metropolis Japan

High Contrasts, Soft Explosions

Tokyo-based cult photographers Osamu Kanemura and Hiroko Komatsu

Interview with The Wedding Present’s David Gedge - Metropolis Japan

Interview with The Wedding Present’s David Gedge

Metropolis caught up with The Wedding Present’s David Gedge before [...]

Korea: Five Artists, Five Hinsek – White - Metropolis Japan

Korea: Five Artists, Five Hinsek – White

The Tokyo Gallery revives its celebration of Korean avant-garde art

The Beauty of Airplane Cups - Metropolis Japan

The Beauty of Airplane Cups

What looks like a collection of ordinary cups is actually a treasure trove of history and art

“Open Studio 2017-18” at Tokyo Arts and Space - Metropolis Japan

“Open Studio 2017-18” at Tokyo Arts and Space

A look into the creative mind behind art

Paule Saviano: From Above - Metropolis Japan

Paule Saviano: From Above

The latest installment of WWII-survivor portraits comes to Gallery EF in Asakusa

Leaders of Men - Metropolis Japan

Leaders of Men

Y. & SONS make traditional kimono that ooze understated cool

Go by Kazuki Kaneshiro – review - Metropolis Japan

Go by Kazuki Kaneshiro – review

Shallow attempt at a bildungsroman

Yumi Katsura: Beyond East and West - Metropolis Japan

Yumi Katsura: Beyond East and West

Delighting our senses with opulence and glamor, Japanese fashion designer [...]

Nagasaki Through Early Photographs - Metropolis Japan

Nagasaki Through Early Photographs

Revisiting the city of dreams

Pixelated Picturesque: Tokyo’s Urban Landscape - Metropolis Japan

Pixelated Picturesque: Tokyo’s Urban Landscape

The Pixelated Picturesque

Sales of Japanese Sake Soaring Overseas - Metropolis Japan

Sales of Japanese Sake Soaring Overseas

Breweries join forces to fight the decline of the rice wine

TICKET LOTTERY: Nagasaki Through Early Photographs at TOP Museum - Metropolis Japan

TICKET LOTTERY: Nagasaki Through Early Photographs at TOP Museum

Win free tickets to the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum’s “Geneses of [...]

Japan – 100 Hidden Towns - Metropolis Japan

Japan – 100 Hidden Towns

Discover a deeper culture

(Im)possible Baby - Metropolis Japan

(Im)possible Baby

February 2018 Tech and Design Stories

Doug Stanhope Prepares For Tokyo - Metropolis Japan

Doug Stanhope Prepares For Tokyo

Outspoken comedian Doug Stanhope talks about his upcoming stand-up gig at Nishiazabu's A-Life

Connecting With Keeenue - Metropolis Japan

Connecting With Keeenue

Introducing the 25-year-old artist behind your favourite Shake Shack Shinjuku mural

Commemorating the Berlin Wall - Metropolis Japan

Commemorating the Berlin Wall

A Hiroo mural marks the 10,316 days since its fall

A Peek into Arcadia - Metropolis Japan

A Peek into Arcadia

A peek inside Arcadia - the newest exhibition of up-and-coming visual artist Kyoko Fujiwara at Yokohama’s Iwasaki Gallery

Santana vocalist Tony Lindsay Ticket Giveaway - Metropolis Japan

Santana vocalist Tony Lindsay Ticket Giveaway

Metropolis is offering three lucky readers the chance to attend the concert on 22 February for free

Keshiki – New Voices from Japan - Metropolis Japan

Keshiki – New Voices from Japan

New book series showcases literary translation as cultural exchange (Part 2)

Keshiki – New Voices from Japan - Metropolis Japan

Keshiki – New Voices from Japan

New book series showcases literary translation as cultural exchange (Part 1)

My Favorites: Toshio Hara Selects from the Permanent Collection - Metropolis Japan

My Favorites: Toshio Hara Selects from the Permanent Collection

One of Japan's most legendary collectors shares his artistic bounty

Borderline Material - Metropolis Japan

Borderline Material

Embracing the female form with Psycho Apparel

Life in Full Color - Metropolis Japan

Life in Full Color

Kumagai Morikazu’s Retrospective at the MOMAT

Ikebukuro’s Bohemian Ghosts - Metropolis Japan

Ikebukuro’s Bohemian Ghosts

The former art colonies of Northwestern Tokyo.

SKRS’ Sonic Collage - Metropolis Japan

SKRS’ Sonic Collage

Bringing diasporic music to Tokyo

Decoration never dies, anyway - Metropolis Japan

Decoration never dies, anyway

The Teien Art Museum reopens with delightful exhibition

Yokoyama Taikan:  The Elite of the Tokyo Art World - Metropolis Japan

Yokoyama Taikan: The Elite of the Tokyo Art World

Win tickets for the Yokoyama Taikan exhibition at Yamatane Museum of Art

Lauren Tsai - Metropolis Japan

Lauren Tsai

Drawing inspiration from disparate places

The Contemporary Kimono Closet - Metropolis Japan

The Contemporary Kimono Closet

Creativity or Cultural Appropriation?

Thai Rock: Slot Machine - Metropolis Japan

Thai Rock: Slot Machine

Bringing Southeast Asian rock to the international stage

Christmas Present Cookbooks - Metropolis Japan

Christmas Present Cookbooks

Japanese cookbooks cover culture and recipes

C.H.I. - Metropolis Japan

C.H.I.

“Chinese Cutting Edge” at Diesel Art Gallery

Tomorrow’s Music - Metropolis Japan

Tomorrow’s Music

What 2017 told us to expect from 2018

Filmmaking in the Grey Zone - Metropolis Japan

Filmmaking in the Grey Zone

An interview with Ian Thomas Ash