Culture
Gruff Rhys
Super Furry Animals’ frontman shows solidarity with the Manics
Nihon no Kawaii
The roots of cute
Macbeth
An innovative and accessible production of the Scottish Play
Asobi Seksu
NYC band with Japanese singer
Japan On Foot
A tale of two women and 7,500km
Charlotte Perriand et le Japon
Le Corbusier’s interior designer
W feat. Sasha
The prog-house giant renews his ties to Womb
Moonface
With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery
Whisky Live 2012
Single malt heaven
Fire!
Swedish avant-garde jazz plus Jim O’Rourke
Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2012
Do an art walk under Tokyo station
A View From the Sky
Ukiyo-e visions of Edo
Arty
Russia’s first DJ superstar
Eli Walks
Deep, dark beats from a young Japanese-American
Lee Bul
The Mori shows the feminism and femininity of the avant-garde Korean artist
Ben Skepper
Avant-garde cellist at Kono Hachiman shrine
Pandora & Betty Poison
An Italian/Belgian beast with two backs brings the carnage
Rojin Shinpi
The ever-growing demographic refuses to be ignored
Sacred Thing
Dark play butoh style
Metamorphose
The rave moves indoors
Railway Models at the Tokyo Tower
Densha otaku take note
Sintok Singapore Film Festival
A burgeoning industry with a different vibe
Spiral Independent Creators Festival
Tokyo’s most compact art expo
Big Daddy Kane
with special guest Kurtis Blow
Rainbow Disco Club
Bayside rave is back
Hiroshi Sugimoto: From Naked to Clothed
Were we happier when we were naked?
Timmy Regisford
“The Maestro” makes his first appearance at Vision
RICHARD PINHAS and MERZBOW
Rhizome
Ryoichi Kurokawa
SonarSound’s most intriguing act isn’t strictly musical
The Charlatans
The UK indie-rockers join the traveling Haçienda circus
Morrissey
Still packing out houses across the planet
Tokyo Rainbow Pride 2012
Could this year’s Tokyo’s Pride parade reach critical mass?
Kaikoo
Embarrassment of alt music riches
Black & Gold Release Party
DJ Kawasaki unleashes his new album