Culture

Meet Nisennenmondai - Metropolis Japan

Meet Nisennenmondai

Japan’s hippest instrumental rock exports go electronic

Rent Revisited - Metropolis Japan

Rent Revisited

Andy Señor, Jr. brings the hit musical back to Tokyo

Bringing Fashion Home - Metropolis Japan

Bringing Fashion Home

Designers dress up your dwellings

Cinematic Underground: August 23, 2015 - Metropolis Japan

Cinematic Underground: August 23, 2015

Recent flicks get second runs; and catch 1971’s Punishment Park

Podcast: Metropolis On Air 5 - Metropolis Japan

Podcast: Metropolis On Air 5

Interviews with Dionne Warwick and X-League football star Kevin Jackson, plus Japanese ghost stories.

Kevin Jackson’s Game - Metropolis Japan

Kevin Jackson’s Game

The Obic Seagulls star on Japan’s growing American football culture

Klein Dytham - Metropolis Japan

Klein Dytham

Expat architects make Tokyo their own

Runway for Hope - Metropolis Japan

Runway for Hope

Bringing change—with fashion

The Fuji Rock Wrap-up - Metropolis Japan

The Fuji Rock Wrap-up

Newbies recount their first experience of Japan’s music festival

Erik Satie - Metropolis Japan

Erik Satie

The Bunkamura celebrates the avant-garde musician

Beyond Kawaii - Metropolis Japan

Beyond Kawaii

The dawn of the cute rebellion

Podcast: Metropolis On Air 4 - Metropolis Japan

Podcast: Metropolis On Air 4

Interviews with Krzysztof Gonciarz of The Uwaga Pies, Traci Consoli of The Pink Cow + vegetarian dining in Tokyo.

Fashion is a Toy - Metropolis Japan

Fashion is a Toy

Otonatoy infuses design with childhood playfulness

Kazutoki Umezu - Metropolis Japan

Kazutoki Umezu

Young Turk sax explorer as elder statesman

Natsumatsuri - Metropolis Japan

Natsumatsuri

Navigating Japan’s vibrant summer festivals

Kyōsai and Josiah Conder, Exhibition - Metropolis Japan

Kyōsai and Josiah Conder, Exhibition

A look at the Meiji-Era artist and his English architect student

Podcast: Metropolis On Air 3 - Metropolis Japan

Podcast: Metropolis On Air 3

Interviews with Baye McNeil, also known as Locohama, Koichi Nishigaki, plus unusual soft drinks, making reservations in Japanese, and more.

Sonny B - Metropolis Japan

Sonny B

Bay Area rapper brings Japan-Cali connection

Cinematic Underground: July 26, 2015 - Metropolis Japan

Cinematic Underground: July 26, 2015

Doc on Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, Wild Tales, and more...

Ukon Takafuji - Metropolis Japan

Ukon Takafuji

Samurai swordplay for the masses

The Fashion Monsters - Metropolis Japan

The Fashion Monsters

Tokyo designers find inspiration from the likes of Godzilla and Ultraman

Bordeaux: Port of the Moon - Metropolis Japan

Bordeaux: Port of the Moon

The National Museum of Western Art celebrates France

Kev Gray & The Gravy Train - Metropolis Japan

Kev Gray & The Gravy Train

Expat outfit launches world tour

Podcast: Metropolis On Air 2 - Metropolis Japan

Podcast: Metropolis On Air 2

Interviews with FOX’s Dan Smith + LaTonya Whitaker of Taste the Love, tearful advertisements, and more