Best Japanese Songs Metropolis asked 16 local writers and musicians to describe a formative encounter with a Japanese song. The resulting mix—from folk to noise to metal and enka—represents a half-century of sounds from one of the most diverse music scenes on the planet
Mika Kurosawa & Dancers Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on November 2009 Contemporary dance doyenne [...]
Scene Around Town Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on November 2009 Artist: Yoko Watanabe [...]
Free Time Sip sake, stuff your face with senbei, appear on TV, take a spin in a new Toyota—the options are nearly endless when it comes to enjoying free stuff in Tokyo
Paris, Love Song for You Accordionist Daniel Colin is pleased and amused by the resurgence of interest in French musette