Culture
Karl Hyde
Fresh off the Olympics, Underworld’s frontman stabs out solo
Jazz Week Tokyo
Full-on lineup at Tokyo Jazz’s new crosstown rival
G-Tokyo 2013
Easily digestible art fair
Felabration
Afrobeat giant feted in Aoyama
Break 3000
Peter Gijselaers’ Dirt Crew are rekindling the Berlin house scene
Grizzly Bear
Witness the booming Brooklyn band in cosy confines
Shen Yun
The beauty of divine beings dancing
Negative: Nothing
Swiss filmmakers’ walk through Japan
Fiercesounds 6th Anniversary
Ireland’s techno princess on a royal visit
Failsafe Records
New Zealand indie comes to town
Tohoku Artist Caravan
Charity arts effort launches at SuperDeluxe
Larry Coryell Special Unit
Jazz-fusion doesn’t get any better
Digital Choc
A Gallic take on digital culture
Endurance
Spectacular photography on a 4K monitor at this free exhibition
Chara
Breaking the mold, then and now
Artist File 2013
Contemporary art with popular appeal at Roppongi’s NACT
Tokyo International Literary Festival
Coetzee and co. descend on the city
GoGirls Tokyo
International Women’s Day and 2nd Anniversary Celebration
Crosstown Rebels
Club legend Damian Lazarus celebrates a decade of devilish fun
Japandroids
A kind of homecoming?
Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama
A gathering gaggle of stage and dance types
Drum & Bass x Dubstep Warz 2013
Dillinja vs. J:Kenzo
King Brothers
Rock ’n’ roll, demolished, and not put back together again
Kev Gray & The Gravy Train
Veteran expat pubrocker’s Valentine Blues bash
UFC Japan 2013
The MMA championship is back with a bang after last year’s barnstormer
One Song, One Soul
The Room 20th Anniversary Party Special
Haroon Mirza
Daiwa Foundation Art Prize Winner
Voca People
Beat-boxing meets Blue Man
Takao Trick Art Museum
Take your eyeballs on a visual joyride
The Girl
Indie icon Aiha Higurashi’s latest
Marc Antona
Sexy organic techno for Oooze’s 11th
Odoroom Party
Ride the crest of internet culture at this free party
Xanadu
The roller disco of forbidden love
Beach House
Ebisu Liquidroom, Jan 20