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Culture

Japanese EDM’s Hikarie Takeover - Metropolis Japan

Japanese EDM’s Hikarie Takeover

The second annual Tokyo Dance Music Event

Latino Americando 3 - Metropolis Japan

Latino Americando 3

Discover the African roots of Latin rhythms in the new edition of Latino Americando, the only Latin musical in Japan!

Lady First - Metropolis Japan

Lady First

CSI: Fujikawa

Fantastic Beings - Metropolis Japan

Fantastic Beings

The surreal art of Kazuki Takamatsu

The Abundance of Less - Metropolis Japan

The Abundance of Less

Lessons in simple living from rural Japan

The Coffeeshop Dungeon Tour Circuit - Metropolis Japan

The Coffeeshop Dungeon Tour Circuit

Local creative Vaughan discusses his unconventional tour venues

The Three Pleasures - Metropolis Japan

The Three Pleasures

A reporter investigates Japanese-Canadian internment camps in WWII

How to Build An Indie Band - Metropolis Japan

How to Build An Indie Band

The Watanabes talk TV show hijacks, superstar gigs and breaking into the Tokyo music scene

Chelmico Charts Their Own Path - Metropolis Japan

Chelmico Charts Their Own Path

The new faces of hip-hop

Craft Crossings in Tokyo - Metropolis Japan

Craft Crossings in Tokyo

Marunouchi market features artisans from across Japan

How to Build An Idol: Part 2 - Metropolis Japan

How to Build An Idol: Part 2

The Shopping Mall Gamer

Michail Gkinis Aoyama: Wearable Art - Metropolis Japan

Michail Gkinis Aoyama: Wearable Art

Folding together Grecian and Japanese styles

Best Record Stores and Sound Bars in Tokyo - Metropolis Japan

Best Record Stores and Sound Bars in Tokyo

Making the rounds of Tokyo's record stores

Tokyo Poetry Journal - Metropolis Japan

Tokyo Poetry Journal

Volume 4: Heisei Generations

Tadao Ando: Endeavors - Metropolis Japan

Tadao Ando: Endeavors

The Concrete Artist

Ben Mori: Hikarie’s Hikari - Metropolis Japan

Ben Mori: Hikarie’s Hikari

A spotlight on Ben Mori's "GENESIS"

Shared Sensibilities - Metropolis Japan

Shared Sensibilities

Takashi Yanai and the organic architecture of Tokyo and Los Angeles

WOMB Worldwide - Metropolis Japan

WOMB Worldwide

World-class venue gets a facelift

CWAJ Print Show: Tokyo’s Premier Art Fundraiser Supporting Education - Metropolis Japan

CWAJ Print Show: Tokyo’s Premier Art Fundraiser Supporting Education

CWAJ's print exhibition and sale flips the roles of art and charity

Retro Rhythms - Metropolis Japan

Retro Rhythms

The West discovers Showa Era pop music

Metropolis x Blacklist “Halloween Masquerade” Getsumatsu Party - Metropolis Japan

Metropolis x Blacklist “Halloween Masquerade” Getsumatsu Party

The famous Tokyo Halloween party returns to the rooftop bar of the Andaz Hotel

Underground Record Labels in Tokyo - Metropolis Japan

Underground Record Labels in Tokyo

Meet the next generation of Tokyo’s indie record labels

Vanakkam Thamizhagam: Tamil Culture Festival - Metropolis Japan

Vanakkam Thamizhagam: Tamil Culture Festival

Tamil traditional sports, food and culture festival

Changing Colors - Metropolis Japan

Changing Colors

The transition of Tokyo's iconic gay district, Shinjuku Nichome

Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival - Metropolis Japan

Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival

Movies in the Mountains

Book Review: The Great Passage - Metropolis Japan

Book Review: The Great Passage

Shion Miura’s The Great Passage is all about words in [...]

Halloween Club Special - Metropolis Japan

Halloween Club Special

[Sponsored]  ESPIRIT LOUNGE Espirit Lounge comes through with huge prizes [...]

Flau 10 Retrospective - Metropolis Japan

Flau 10 Retrospective

Tokyo-based label Flau celebrates 10 years of quiet absorption

Is the Pachinko Parlor Dying Out? - Metropolis Japan

Is the Pachinko Parlor Dying Out?

How the legalization of casinos threatens the future of pachinko

French Film Director Julien Levy: Beauty as a Weapon - Metropolis Japan

French Film Director Julien Levy: Beauty as a Weapon

How one misanthropic French film director is gaining traction in Japan

Lagerphones feature interview - Metropolis Japan

Lagerphones feature interview

The Australian band's upcoming tour and Japan addiction

Book Review: Tokyo Geek’s Guide - Metropolis Japan

Book Review: Tokyo Geek’s Guide

The new English-language guide to all things otaku in the nation’s capital

Types of Cicadas in Japan - Metropolis Japan

Types of Cicadas in Japan

The Screaming Insects Of Summer

Japanese Vinyl Records Go Global: How Discogs is Driving Japan’s Vinyl Boom - Metropolis Japan

Japanese Vinyl Records Go Global: How Discogs is Driving Japan’s Vinyl Boom

The growth of Discogs in Japan opens up the country’s crates to the West

Tokyo Humanities Project - Metropolis Japan

Tokyo Humanities Project

Bringing the creative together

Manga and music collide with Metempsychosis - Metropolis Japan

Manga and music collide with Metempsychosis

The latest release from Zoom Lens unites the forces of indie music with independent manga