Culture
Sengai and the World of Zen
Food for thought at the Idemitsu
Kokai no Yume
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2013 One of the [...]
Loud Park
The hoariest headbangers’ fest in Japan
Autumn Reading
A look at some new titles to fill out your bookshelf
The Olympics Are Coming!
Preparing for 2020 by looking back at 1964
The Trojans
Ska-ing their way into history
Jon Cleary
Sprouted in Britain, fermented in New Orleans
Tokyo Photo
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2013 Asia’s largest photo [...]
Tokyo Gharana
North Indian dance comes to Tokyo
Dots
Techno innovator Ken Ishii exhumes his underground avatar Flare
Goth-Trad
Japan’s dubstep avatar looks to broaden his horizons
American Pop Art
Iconoclasm and irony at the NACT
Light
Gathering for Dave Twomey memorial and scholarship
Bleu
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2013 Dynamic French photographer [...]
Asagiri Jam
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2013 Think of it [...]
Diamond Dogs
Are some records not meant to be broken?
Goldie x Dego
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2013 Two overlords of [...]
H
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2013 “H,” in Israeli [...]
Miminashi Houichi
A dance piece inspired by avant-garde playwright and director Shuji Terayama
The Mediterranean World: Collections from the Louvre
The civilization of the sea at Ueno’s shrunken pond
Tokyo Game Show 2013
Grand Theft Auto V and new consoles at this year’s gamer fest
Onda Vaga
The Argentinian quintet reprise their Fuji Rock conquest
Kazuki Umezawa: Extreme AR Image Core
From online data to hand-colored prints
Ryukyudisko
Upbeat, tangy and kitschy Okinawan techno party
Asakusa Samba Carnival
Gyrations extraordaire
Andreas Gursky
Photographer with with most expensive print ever sold at the NACT
Writing To Write Home About
A rare survey of Japan’s finest calligraphy at Tokyo National Museum
Fuji Rock Festival ’13
Rock, rain and the Big C
Gamarjobat
Mime duo jacks Tokyo
Serenity
Photographing tranquility at the ANA InterContinental
Soccer Summary
What’s up past the halfway mark in the Japanese footy season
One Summer Night with DVS1 & DJ Nobu
No rest for the folks who ran Eleven
Maniac Love 20th Birthday
The defunct club’s spirit lives on in a series of events
Buffalo Daughter 20th Anniversary Exhibition Happy BirthDay BD20
They’ve kept their loose, electro-rock-hip-hop sound fresh