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Hikaru Utada Bridges International Waters on Bad Mode

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NENE

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Metropolis Spring Issue 2022

Metropolis Spring Issue 2022

“We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly.”
Rainy Spring Night

Rainy Spring Night

A previously-untranslated short story by Kafu Nagai
Tsukiji Theater Week March 31 – April 5

Tsukiji Theater Week March 31 – April 5

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Tokyo Neighborhood Guide: Kasuga

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More Than Music

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Architecture x Photography: A Light Existing Only Here

Architecture x Photography: A Light Existing Only Here

A new exhibition at TOP focuses on the intrinsic relationship between two artistic disciplines
Oyako: An Ode to Parents and Children

Oyako: An Ode to Parents and Children

An array of intriguing portraits of Japanese oyako

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Premium Yosakoi in Tokyo

A dance for all, with no limitations
The Mahabharata

The Mahabharata

Hiroshi Koike’s most ambitious production questions the future of our world

Based in Japan: Ryan Rossiter on Playing Pro Sports in Japan

Based in Japan: Ryan Rossiter on Playing Pro Sports in Japan

“They don’t ask how many points he can score, it’s always ‘Is he a good guy?’”
Sports, Wellbeing and Community in Tokyo

Sports, Wellbeing and Community in Tokyo

English-friendly sports and wellness groups to join in Japan this summer

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Antenna America

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Good Life

Good Life

Quaff bubblly atop the Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo
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Beer Diamond

Beer Diamond

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