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Red Roofs of Iwami: Historic Townscapes, Preserved and Evolving - Metropolis Japan

Red Roofs of Iwami: Historic Townscapes, Preserved and Evolving

Picturesque red-roof villages of Japan—but more than just beautiful

Haikyo, and the Urban Explorers of Japan - Metropolis Japan

Haikyo, and the Urban Explorers of Japan

Chasing the past

Inside vs. Outside: Japan’s Unwritten Rule of Space - Metropolis Japan

Inside vs. Outside: Japan’s Unwritten Rule of Space

Why uchi and soto still shape how people connect, communicate, and move through everyday life in Japan

Allen-sama: Japan’s “FlopTok” Meme Icon? (Japanese Internet Culture) - Metropolis Japan

Allen-sama: Japan’s “FlopTok” Meme Icon? (Japanese Internet Culture)

Grant citizenship of Floptropica to this diva!

What Slime Mold Revealed About Tokyo’s Railway System - Metropolis Japan

What Slime Mold Revealed About Tokyo’s Railway System

Slime mold biology meets urban design: how a brainless organism confirmed the genius of Tokyo’s railways and may inspire future infrastructure

Why Does Japan Have So Few Trash Cans? - Metropolis Japan

Why Does Japan Have So Few Trash Cans?

A surprisingly clean mystery

Why Do Japanese People Think Fish Don’t Have Feelings? - Metropolis Japan

Why Do Japanese People Think Fish Don’t Have Feelings?

Exploring cultural views, science and sushi in the fish-and-feelings debate

Growing up in Japan as a Westerner With Joshua Thomson - Metropolis Japan

Growing up in Japan as a Westerner With Joshua Thomson

Based in Japan: Japanese? British? Aussie? Kiwi?

Are Japanese Men Afraid of Independent Women? - Metropolis Japan

Are Japanese Men Afraid of Independent Women?

How have the advancements in women`s rights impacted work, dating and family expectations?

Is Communication the Way Out of “Xenophobia” in Japan? - Metropolis Japan

Is Communication the Way Out of “Xenophobia” in Japan?

How the lack of communication creates false beliefs about foreigners’ intentions

Do Japanese People Understand Sarcasm? - Metropolis Japan

Do Japanese People Understand Sarcasm?

Can humor cross cultural boundaries?

Her Body, Not Her Choice: Do Women in Japan Need Consent From Their Partner to Get an Abortion? - Metropolis Japan

Her Body, Not Her Choice: Do Women in Japan Need Consent From Their Partner to Get an Abortion?

The issues and human rights violations surrounding abortion in Japan

Based in Japan: Life as a Married Gay Couple With Seigo & Bren - Metropolis Japan

Based in Japan: Life as a Married Gay Couple With Seigo & Bren

A Japanese/American love story

Unearthing the History of Tokyo Train Stations - Metropolis Japan

Unearthing the History of Tokyo Train Stations

A Lucky Train Delay at Omori Station

Can Japan Embrace Multicultural Coexistence? - Metropolis Japan

Can Japan Embrace Multicultural Coexistence?

Uzbek-born bar owner and politician Babakhodjaeva Orzugul is challenging exclusion in Japan—one policy, one conversation at a time

When Can Japan Have a Military Again? - Metropolis Japan

When Can Japan Have a Military Again?

Breaking down what’s next for Japan's military future

Based in Japan: How Mateusz Urbanowicz Preserves Tokyo’s Spirit Through Watercolor - Metropolis Japan

Based in Japan: How Mateusz Urbanowicz Preserves Tokyo’s Spirit Through Watercolor

The beauty of the built environment

Monolids Are Beautiful: A Conversation on Choice, Identity, and Change - Metropolis Japan

Monolids Are Beautiful: A Conversation on Choice, Identity, and Change

Questioning beauty standards in Japan

Mr Yabatan’s Journey From Norway to Japanese Comedy Stardom - Metropolis Japan

Mr Yabatan’s Journey From Norway to Japanese Comedy Stardom

How a Norwegian content creator became a beloved face in Japan's comedy scene

Based in Japan: Kimono Stylist Kara Harris - Metropolis Japan

Based in Japan: Kimono Stylist Kara Harris

Harris' journey to both preserve and push the boundaries of an age-old tradition

Love Hotels in Japan: From Edo-Era Eroticism to Modern Retreats - Metropolis Japan

Love Hotels in Japan: From Edo-Era Eroticism to Modern Retreats

The storied past and present-day role of Japan’s love hotels

Japanese High School Students Are Waiting for Their First Kiss - Metropolis Japan

Japanese High School Students Are Waiting for Their First Kiss

Youth intimacy declines in Japan as self-pleasure rises

Based in Japan: Back to the World of XTRA - Metropolis Japan

Based in Japan: Back to the World of XTRA

Growing stardom as a Tokyo content creator and artist

Matcha Samurai: Tradition Meets Humor  - Metropolis Japan

Matcha Samurai: Tradition Meets Humor 

Setting the record straight on Japanese culture

Based in Japan: Life Where I’m From With Greg Lam - Metropolis Japan

Based in Japan: Life Where I’m From With Greg Lam

Understanding daily life in Japan

ASMR, Head Spas and the Rise of Calm Culture - Metropolis Japan

ASMR, Head Spas and the Rise of Calm Culture

How YouTuber ASMR Twix is redefining relaxation in Tokyo

This Japanese Grandma’s First Day of High School - Metropolis Japan

This Japanese Grandma’s First Day of High School

Baachan's belated back to school at 85 years old

Based in Japan: Being Gay in Japan with Tokyo BTM - Metropolis Japan

Based in Japan: Being Gay in Japan with Tokyo BTM

Translating Japan’s gay culture one bottom at a time

How Drag Queen Labianna Is Changing Sex Ed in Japan - Metropolis Japan

How Drag Queen Labianna Is Changing Sex Ed in Japan

Blending drag and sexual education

Empowering Youth: One Young World Japan - Metropolis Japan

Empowering Youth: One Young World Japan

Interview with the visionaries shaping the next generation of leaders

Bank of Japan Introduces New Banknotes - Metropolis Japan

Bank of Japan Introduces New Banknotes

Check out the designs of Japan's new generation of banknotes

Kimono Mom: From Geisha to Global YouTube Sensation - Metropolis Japan

Kimono Mom: From Geisha to Global YouTube Sensation

Metropolis Talks Tradition, Responsibility and Gender Roles in Japan with YouTube's Favorite Geisha

Based in Japan: Lowell Sheppard - Metropolis Japan

Based in Japan: Lowell Sheppard

Redesign your life in Tokyo

Feminism in Japan - Metropolis Japan

Feminism in Japan

A look into life in Japan as a woman

Based in Japan: Life As a Content Creator in Japan - Metropolis Japan

Based in Japan: Life As a Content Creator in Japan

Introducing Japan’s hidden destinations with Donny Kimball

Based in Japan: Homage Tokyo’s Fashion Swaps - Metropolis Japan

Based in Japan: Homage Tokyo’s Fashion Swaps

Weaving an international community through clothing