Sound & Chair Music Festival 2024
Craft beer, vinyl, and live music by the Tama River
Craft beer, vinyl, and live music by the Tama River
How YouTuber ASMR Twix is redefining relaxation in Tokyo
Japan’s traditional theater experience
Nov 25, 2024 – Nov 30, 2024
Baachan’s belated back to school at 85 years old
Japan finds new ways to talk about sex
An overview of the latest fantasy flavors to hit Japan
Your monthly dose of new music from Japan
The English-language debut of “The Ocean” and “Sweltering Heat Tale”
Experience the psychedelic resurgence
Your go-to vintage stores across the city
Celebrating Japanese craftsmanship and vibrant color stones with Bizoux’s latest jewelry line
A guide to English-speaking hospitals and emergency care
Pokémon as traditional Japanese crafts, anime fragrances and Hello Kitty’s birthday pop-up
Where sustainability and innovation come together
The case that broke the Japanese legal system
Photography highlights from Metropolis readers
Add your own wish ribbon of hope
Top-class medical care for the whole family
With K-POP celebrity guest judge MINZY
“Do you want fear or freedom?”
How a local taxi firm and a fruit farm are reviving Fukushima’s economy
A little break from the capital rush
How creative events can shape our communities
A hands-on alternative to a typical Tokyo day-trip
This summer, travel up north
(And enjoy some of Japan’s best shio ramen while you’re there)
Taste every prefecture’s miso in one place
Pond loaches and a taste of Edo history
Tokyo’s only spot for horse meat sukiyaki
A Chuo pizza institution
Over 140 years of cooking up rich duck slices and springy buckwheat noodles
Find your Spain
Yu Miri’s latest novel offers an intimate insight into a harsher side of Tokyo
Joy Waller’s ‘Pause :: Heartbeat’ explores the human extreme
A German perspective on Japan’s working culture
An array of intriguing portraits of Japanese oyako
The best of Japan’s historical fiction
Merry Christmas to all our readers