Culture
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
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.
Kevin Jackson’s Game
The Obic Seagulls star on Japan’s growing American football culture
Klein Dytham
Expat architects make Tokyo their own
Runway for Hope
Bringing change—with fashion
The Fuji Rock Wrap-up
Newbies recount their first experience of Japan’s music festival
Erik Satie
The Bunkamura celebrates the avant-garde musician
Beyond Kawaii
The dawn of the cute rebellion
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
Otonatoy infuses design with childhood playfulness
Kazutoki Umezu
Young Turk sax explorer as elder statesman
Natsumatsuri
Navigating Japan’s vibrant summer festivals
Kyōsai and Josiah Conder, Exhibition
A look at the Meiji-Era artist and his English architect student