Culture
The Cute and the Curious
A kawaii history lesson at the Yamatane Museum
Hotei
Rock icon won’t rest on Japan successes
Commuter Gamer
Why be productive on the way to and from work?
Shomyo
Buddhist chant group prepare for American tour
Kaeru
Dance piece influenced by the Great Tohoku Earthquake
deVere Group Executive Fight Night IV
Try outs are open for the next charity boxing event
Arcadia on the Shore: Puvis de Chavanne’s Mythic World
Shibuya institution Bunkamura kicks off its 25 year anniversary
Sharpen Your Mind!
Get educated on everything from art and crafts to language
Arata Isozaki: Solaris
Avant-garde Architecture at the ICC
The Lumineers
Wesley Schultz‘s sushi-flavored work ethic
The Telephones
It may be 2014, but the Saitama group is laughing, crying, singing…and dancing like it’s 1999
Kyoaruki in Tokyo
A bit of Japan's old capital in its current one
Madame Butterfly
International production of the Puccini opera
Architanz 2014
Robert Tewsley on his farewell tour of Japan
True Colors
Film and video works from around the globe
Nine Inch Nails
Following up on their headline performance at Fuji Rock
Takuya Kuroda
Winter Jazz Fest, Jan 11
Heckling the Dawn
The Mootekkis debut their latest slab of raunch
Michael Olson
The American basketball coach embraces Japan
Claude Monet
Impressive Impressionism at the NMWA
Taffy
Indie rockers spread their sticky-sweet sound
Japan Media Arts Festival
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Andy Warhol: 15 Minutes Eternal
Warhol comes to the Mori
Captain Rugged
Nigerian ‘blufunk’ pioneer returns as superhero
Los Lonely Boys
The Garza bros deliver a “Texican rock” Revelation
Play Ball
The 1926 play that inspired the Broadway musical
Padmasana II
Asia expats head back to the chillout room
Test Tone 100 Final Festival
Music monthly winds up a decade of experimentation
Sankeien Garden Open House
Noh and other performances at the Yokohama garden
Blue Hawaii
The first crowd-sourced concert by an international artist in Japan
Hatsu Oyogi
Plunge into 2014
5 Art Secrets
Uncover Tokyo’s quirkier collections this Christmas
Countdown Strategies 2014
Gallop into the Year of the Horse
Olympic Efforts
Japan’s year in sports