Tokyo Stands in Solidarity to Support Palestine
How Tokyo Activists Unite for Palestinian Rights
Featured Artists for October 2024 – LOVEHO SELECTS
Check out October’s featured Tokyo creatives!
Senju’s Traditional Coffee Shop Rikyu
Nibble on yokan jelly or sip freshly-brewed coffee in an antique cup
Based in Japan: Being Gay in Japan with Tokyo BTM
Translating Japan’s gay culture one bottom at a time
toe Interview: Hirokazu Yamazaki on Their New Album
“Creating Music is One of the Only Things You Can Control in Life”
Tokyo Parasports Forward 2024
Celebrating Inclusion and Sportsmanship
Shibuya Street Drinking Ban Starts Today
Day one of Dry Shibuya
Events
Living
Osaka Noh Festival 2024
A Timeless Tradition Meets Modern Innovation Ahead of EXPO 2025
The Healing Power of Doga
Find out about dog yoga and pet adoption in Tokyo
Where to Find Pumpkin Spice Lattes in Tokyo
Metropolis’ hunt for the fall favorite drink
Based in Japan: Being Gay in Japan with Tokyo BTM
Translating Japan’s gay culture one bottom at a time
Community
Sports, Wellbeing and Community in Tokyo
English-friendly sports and wellness groups to join in Japan this summer
What’s Happening in Tokyo This July?
Fill your July with our top event picks
Houyuu Kensetsu
Your one-stop renovation company
Metropolis Summer Issue Out Now
Summer 2021
How has living in Tokyo changed your personality?
We asked the international community in Tokyo
Why Won’t Japan Allow This Trans Woman’s Marriage?
The case that broke the Japanese legal system
Travel
Tokyo Time Travel: WOW RIDE
From Ginza to the virtual fantasy
Kakurinbo Temple Lodging & Ebisuya Rental Villa
As recommended by the Washington Post
Lotte Arai Resort
The crown jewel of Niigata
A Guide to the Magic of Matsue
Japan’s city of water
Revitalizing Fukushima
How a local taxi firm and a fruit farm are reviving Fukushima’s economy
The Tokyu Setagaya Tram Line
A little break from the capital rush
Dining
CLUB THE PEPPER
Shibuya’s Futuristic Space Cafe
Yoshinoya
The history of the gyudon titan
Patisserie & Cafe Delimo Azabudai Hills
The East India company and Japan’s artisanal harmony
Cafe Lumiere: Tokyo’s Christmas kakigori
A chilly dessert for a frosty morning
EXTASIA at R3 Club Lounge
The latest concept from the team at R3 Club Lounge
TORIMESHI TORITOH BUN
Serving oyakudon since 1907
Literature
After a Forty Year Career, the Architect Becomes a Philosopher
A review of Edward Suzuki’s memoir: GOoD Design Philosophy
Yoko Tawada’s The Emissary
Mutation and hope in a not-so-distant dystopian Tokyo
Across Space & Time: Translating ‘Night on the Galactic Railroad’
Kenji Miyazawa’s untranslatable masterpiece
Matthew Chozick on Dancing in Japanese
The American-born actor, writer and translator discusses ‘Eiko & Koma’
Body Language
Poetry, dance and translation in Eiko & Koma
Tokyo Ueno Station
Yu Miri’s latest novel offers an intimate insight into a harsher side of Tokyo
Movies
