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Culture

Le Noir - Metropolis Japan

Le Noir

The dark side of Cirque

Urban Groove - Metropolis Japan

Urban Groove

Dance + fashion + attitude

Clairy Browne - Metropolis Japan

Clairy Browne

The Bangin’ Rackettes vs. Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro

Penny Ikinger - Metropolis Japan

Penny Ikinger

Aussie femme fatale in a pair of gigs this weekend

Dancing after 1am - Metropolis Japan

Dancing after 1am

Japan’s best indie selected by Call And Response Records

Sadistic Circus 2012 - Metropolis Japan

Sadistic Circus 2012

Sep 29, Shinjuku Face

Loud Park - Metropolis Japan

Loud Park

Metal fest returns to the fold

Sanja De Daidogei - Metropolis Japan

Sanja De Daidogei

40 street performance acts

Thomas Melchior - Metropolis Japan

Thomas Melchior

Minimal but not hard hitting, cute even

The Art Fairs: +Plus-Ultra - Metropolis Japan

The Art Fairs: +Plus-Ultra

Spiral of creativity

Shibukaru Matsuri - Metropolis Japan

Shibukaru Matsuri

Trippple Nippples, Chim-Pon & more

James Ensor in Context - Metropolis Japan

James Ensor in Context

A touch of madness at the Sompo

Hostess Club Weekender - Metropolis Japan

Hostess Club Weekender

Western indie rock’s home away from home

Festival/Tokyo 2012 - Metropolis Japan

Festival/Tokyo 2012

Japan’s marquee theater fest defends free speech post-3/11

Bare Bones - Metropolis Japan

Bare Bones

Tokyo’s clubs are heatin’ up for horror night

Murakami: Master or Marketing? - Metropolis Japan

Murakami: Master or Marketing?

Two contrasting views on the literary giant’s potential Nobel nomination

Home Again - Metropolis Japan

Home Again

10 Artists Who Have Experienced Japan

Systems and Methods in Hidden Functions - Metropolis Japan

Systems and Methods in Hidden Functions

Reevaluating one of Japan’s artists of influence

China: Grandeur of the Dynasties - Metropolis Japan

China: Grandeur of the Dynasties

The giant’s shifting borders

Paul Weller - Metropolis Japan

Paul Weller

Mod man’s riding his Sonik Kicks

Sound Live Tokyo - Metropolis Japan

Sound Live Tokyo

An Ueno weekend of boundary-pushing music

White Ash - Metropolis Japan

White Ash

Otaku rock for the masses

The Battle 2012 - Metropolis Japan

The Battle 2012

Russian and Japanese street-dance off

Moonshots - Metropolis Japan

Moonshots

Tokyo’s most long-lived expat band

Scottish Highland Games - Metropolis Japan

Scottish Highland Games

Slap on the plaid

The 70s in Japan - Metropolis Japan

The 70s in Japan

Looking back at art, architecture, theater, music and manga

Mekka - Metropolis Japan

Mekka

Tabla, sitar, didgeridoo, electro, and... bellydance?

Tokyo Decadance - Metropolis Japan

Tokyo Decadance

Confessions of a gaijin cosplay junkie

Cokehead Hipsters - Metropolis Japan

Cokehead Hipsters

The ’90s are baaack

The Believers - Metropolis Japan

The Believers

Support Tohoku with Southern-style brunch and sweet gospel

Executive Fight Night - Metropolis Japan

Executive Fight Night

Expat amateurs slug it out for charity

The People By Kishin - Metropolis Japan

The People By Kishin

Seminal and seminude

Nikkatsu 100 - Metropolis Japan

Nikkatsu 100

A Century of Japanese Cinema

Yokohama Jazz Promenade - Metropolis Japan

Yokohama Jazz Promenade

20 years of fests

3331 Expo - Metropolis Japan

3331 Expo

Dancing, making, talking about, buying, eating art

Tokyo Grand Tea Ceremony 2012 - Metropolis Japan

Tokyo Grand Tea Ceremony 2012

A cup of tradition