Culture
David Copperfield
Stebbings’ defines Dickens’ masterwork as a fairy tale
The Girl
Alt-rock icon Aiha Higurashi has a brand-new thang
Poland New Music Festival
Find out why Poland's where it's at for new music
Soshite, Ima
Izumi Tanaka’s choreographic creations are as much about shape as movement
Kaikoo
Japan’s coolest acts take over ten Shibuya stages
The Phillips Collection
America but (sadly) not as we know it, at the NACT
Valerio Olgiati
Swiss-born architect displays work from the Venice Architecture Biennale 2010
Rakugo, Diane Orrett
Liverpool-born performer brings traditional Japanese storytelling to a new audience
Japan-Europe Electro Summit
Shouty raps and sleazy synth lines
Francisco Ruiz-Tagle
The latest Patagonica contest winner makes the long trip from Chile
G Love & Special Sauce
The surfer, hip-hopper and musician's first solo tour of Japan
The Prince of the Pagodas
For his new adaptation, Bintley draws inspiration from ukiyo-e
Feel and Think: A New Era of Tokyo Fashion
A new generation of designers is emerging in the post-Bubble era
The Brand New Heavies
Simon Bartholomew talks two decades of jazz-funk and staying sane on the road
The Primal Scene: Cabinet Panoramic
Venezuelan Beatriz Inglessis presents her doctoral studies in Japanese woodblock prints
Goya: Luces y Sombras
Spanish master's canvasses make a rare trip from Madrid’s Prado museum
Laforet Sound Museum
Jazz meets contemporary Japanese flower design
Little Terrors
Have a chiller with the kids at these family-friendly festivals
Hallow-Out 2011
Happening haunts for ghouls and gals this Halloween
Tokyo International Film Festival
Tokyo’s biggest film festival pushes forward
Shitamachi Rocks
Young Japanese find their muse in Tokyo’s old downtown
Sadistic Circus 2011
Warehouse 702, Oct 2
Celtic Woman
Traditional Irish material adapted into a sizzling pop format
Gangio Gangioma
The first major butoh work to debut after 3/11
The Phillips Collection
One of the most extensive US collections of modern art
Sound Museum Vision
Say hello to a massive new club and performance space in the middle of Shibuya
Speak East!
Check out Tokyo old town's regeneration through its design scene
Above & Beyond
The UK rave trio talks a decade of trance
Tokimonsta
LA’s leftfield hip-hop honey heads up Brainfeeder night
CWAJ Print Show
See 192 hanga woodblock prints at this fundraising show
Medea
The ancient Greek tragedy re-envisioned by butoh dancer Carlotta Ikeda and poet Pascal Quignard
Kasuga Landscapes
Japan’s landmark works of art inspired by Kasuga's sublime scenery
Larry Heard
Mr Fingers brings his Chicago deep house Japanward
Long Beach Rehab
Meet the new “hardcore reggae” supergroup