Culture
En Somme
Insomnia transformed into a dance piece
Anatopia
Dutch electro duo trawl the Tokyo dives
2012 A&E Calendar
Mark your musical dates for the coming year
Sugizo
Time to move on, says the visual kei icon
UFC fights back
The mammoth mixed-martial arts lightweight title match is ready to hit Japan hard
Space Ibiza New Year
Get over the new year at Womb
Foo Fighters
Dave Grohl's rockers pump their new album
The Drawing Show
Korean director Jin Kyu Kim takes live painting to a new level
Dialog with Bach
Get a dose of the baroque
Toyz
Guerilla art exhibition/concert all-nighter in Asagaya
Hidden Dragon
Reconstructing Japanese folk music vocabulary
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
The Brooklyn rockers’ first visit since Fuji Rock ’09
The Best of the Yamatane Collection
Draws on one of the world’s finest Nihonga collections
Vivienne Westwood Shoes, An Exhibition
Around 200 pop shoe designs from a 40-year career
Nijinsky Gala
Vladimir Malakhov and the Tokyo Ballet in homage to the legendary Russian dancer
Irving Penn and Issey Miyake
Creative synergy remembered at Tokyo’s temple of style
Shinjin 10
Take in some strange dance before Die Pratze closes doors
Noh Masks and Costumes from the Mitsui Collection
Get into Noh, face first
Anya Komichi Ueno to Asakusa Underground Cruise
Tsuzuki tours the shabby eastern half of Tokyo
Gojira, Hoshano, Hikashu, Moretsu na Christmas
Consider celebrating Christmas the “violent” way
Ooooze x TRI-BUTE x Weekend Warriorz present Countdown 2011 to 2012
A trio of brash clubbing crews combine forces
Mariana Limited 003
Dave Twomey and Peter Van Hoesen in a mixed digital/analog set
St. Vincent
A certified indie-rock-tronica goddess
Hessle Audio Night
The latest in London beats
Fuzzy Groovers
One of the great ambient guitar works on the only sound system that can do it justice
Swan Lake Returns
St Petersburg’s Leningrad State Ballet on a 22nd tour of Japan
Icarus Falling: An Exhibition Lost
Begin to imagine a future history of art
Miracle of Nagasaki
Japan’s early persecuted Christians and the Nagasaki bombing linked in a prayer for peace
Kudo and Ishizaka
Unorthodox combo of avant-garde dance with traditional Asian percussion
Masterpieces of Modern Crafts and Living National Treasures from the Museum Collection
Try this unsung treasure of Tokyo art museums
Michael Jackson Tribute Live
The Jackson clan looks to get it right the second time
ShineOn! Songs Volume One
The Tyler Foundation's compilation strives to bring hope to children in trouble
The Heat is On
MMA fighter Henry Miller beefs up ahead of Dec 17's Heat20
Anna Maria Jopek
A skilled interpreter of pop, jazz—and Polish folk music