Culture
Kevin Barry at the European Literature Festival
The award-winning writer shares thoughts on place, sound and Twitter ahead of his first trip to Tokyo
Moe Shop
French producer’s spin on technicolor electro-pop
Catching up with Franz Ferdinand
On the new faces and sound coming to Tokyo
The Small Screen
What Metropolis' staff is watching
Shame at Shindaita FEVER
2018 is the year of British post punk in Japan
Lucid Dreaming
With Belarusian-born photographer Yulia Shur
“Exoticism” in Art Deco
Influence from Africa and Asia
What is MUTEK?
Interview with MUTEK Japan’s Maurice Jones
In The Air
"1968: Art in the Turbulent Age" opens at the Chiba City Museum
Into the Blue
Kojima's Urvin brand dives deep into women's denimwear
Five Female Japanese Writers You Should Be Reading
The best contemporary female authors with English translated novels
Netflix’s Dark Tourist Visits Fukushima
An irrelevant experience
Songs From The Self
Soulful city sounds from RGL
Ryukyuan Dance @ Ginza SIX
Metropolis is offering 5 free tickets to its readers to see a Ryukyuan Dance Performance
Five Best Japanese Novels of 2018
Metropolis lists this year’s best Japanese fiction
The Town Hall Affair
New York’s acclaimed The Wooster Group brings controversial production to Kyoto Experiment 2018: Kyoto International Performing Arts Festival
Octopath Traveler and Dragon Quest XI
The latest JRPG offerings from Nintendo and Square Enix
Tokyo International Film Festival 2018
More venues mean more films at autumn fest
Spiritualized at Studio Coast
English indie legends play Tokyo in what might well be a last hoorah
Horsebeach
Metropolis interviews Ryan Kennedy of indie music heroes Horsebeach
Freyja’s Fantastical Fashionings
UK artist Freyja Dean talks about her residency in Tokyo
Pure Pleasure by Kate Groobey
Interview with the prize-winning artist