Culture
Tokyo Theatre for Children
Director Kimie Mizuno talks kids, the performing arts, and The Jungle Book
Tokyo New Age 2.0
The innovators come out at Tokyo Fashion Week
Inside the Head of Mr. and Mrs. White
Jenny Fax and MIkio Sakabe go off-schedule
Collabro Calling
The spotlight’s on the U.K.’s musical theater boyband
God Bless Baseball
Toshiki Okada probes international relations through baseball
Tokyo Fashion Week 2015
Tradition on trend
The Songs of Jim O’Rourke
The producer and multi-instrumentalist keeps it simple
Captive Beauty
The Ichigokan beats with the artistic pulse of Spain
Timeless over Trendy
Dressing by your own rules
Peter Barakan’s Live Magic
The veteran personality curates a new roots fest
Mika Otani’s Floral Expressions
Reconnect with nature through ikebana
Tokyo Design Week 2015
The arts extravaganza brings out the creatives
Artist File
Ghosts of artists past revisit the National Art Center
Fashion with Character
Designers get creative at Rooms’ Chara Chara Area
Cleopatra and the Queens of Egypt
The Tokyo National Museum reflects on the women of the Nile
Fashion and Femininity
Examining gender-segregated clothing
Shades of Autumn
Changing colors with the seasons
Sautéed Fig and Nuts with Balsamic Honey
A fresh and versatile seasonal dish
Cinematic Underground: September 20, 2015
An Iranian vampire-Western, Swedish Film Festival, and more ...
Podcast: Metropolis On Air 6
Interviews with Fashion Editor Samuel Thomas and RENT veteran Andy Señor, Jr.
The World of Ariana Miyamoto
The 2015 Miss Universe Japan breaks new ground
Dressing Shōjo
Challenging the concept of femininity
The Harpoons
Free tix to Japan debut of Aussie experimental pop unit
Parties4Peace: Set for Peace
SF DJs Atish and Mark Slee join the fundraiser’s latest leg-up
War and Postwar
Izu Photo Museum reflects on images from the battlefield
Grits and Sushi
Mitzi Uehara Carter muses on being black and Okinawan
Cinematic Underground: September 6, 2015
Neil Young’s directorial debut, a Cannes Grand Prix winner, and more...
One-on-One: Andy Señor, Jr., Rent (Full Interview)
The 20-year veteran of Rent talks about the new Japanese production
Meet Nisennenmondai
Japan’s hippest instrumental rock exports go electronic
Another Side of Dwayne Johnson
The San Andreas star on the importance of family
Rent Revisited
Andy Señor, Jr. brings the hit musical back to Tokyo
Bringing Fashion Home
Designers dress up your dwellings
Cinematic Underground: August 23, 2015
Recent flicks get second runs; and catch 1971’s Punishment Park
Podcast: Metropolis On Air 5
Interviews with Dionne Warwick and X-League football star Kevin Jackson, plus Japanese ghost stories.