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SF Flea Market 8: Handmade Creator Market in Kawasaki

SF Flea Market 8: Handmade Creator Market in Kawasaki

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Culture

Fresh ink: Kitagawa Chiyo Conclusion

Fresh ink: Kitagawa Chiyo Conclusion

Read the moving end of the working-class fable “The Silk Sandals”
Tokyo Trends: 90s Fashion in Tokyo

Tokyo Trends: 90s Fashion in Tokyo

Fashion serving as a driving power of social change and art liberation
Featured Artists for July 2024 – LOVEHO SELECTS

Featured Artists for July 2024 – LOVEHO SELECTS

Check out this month’s featured Tokyo creatives!
Tokyo Music Scene: New Releases in June 2024

Tokyo Music Scene: New Releases in June 2024

Your monthly dose of new music from Japan
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Living

The Gender Politics of Valentine’s Day in Japan

The Gender Politics of Valentine’s Day in Japan

How giri-choco turned empowerment into workplace pressure
R1, R2, R3 Roppongi

R1, R2, R3 Roppongi

Building a Community with R1, R2, R3 Roppongi
Japan Drugstore Guide: Cold and Flu Medicine 

Japan Drugstore Guide: Cold and Flu Medicine 

Recommended cold and flu medicine in Japan
The History of Patriarchy in Japan

The History of Patriarchy in Japan

And how history rewrote women out of power
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Community

January Community News

January Community News

Overseas Assets Reporting Law, Japan Free Wi-fi app, and more
Co-op Farming in Japan

Co-op Farming in Japan

A look at Japan’s teikei system
December Community News and Events

December Community News and Events

Deaths by Pokemon Go, petting zoos, Olympic medals from recycled metals, and more
Making the Global Local

Making the Global Local

International associations in Japan
November Community News and Events

November Community News and Events

What’s on in your neighborhood
Therapy Through Technology

Therapy Through Technology

Living Dreams sparks a light for Japan’s ignored orphans
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Travel

Big in Japan

Big in Japan

Lana Nowakowski chats to the presenter and star of upcoming documentary Big in Japan, David Elliot-Jones.
Travel: Run with it

Travel: Run with it

Spring is the time for new plans and projects, and what better way to spend that new zest for life on getting out and traveling?
Nakasendo Day 3

Nakasendo Day 3

Narai-juku: craftsmen’s attention to detail
Nakasendo Day 2

Nakasendo Day 2

Rural Kiso offers time for wellbeing
3 Days in Nakasendo

3 Days in Nakasendo

Untouched nature, history on former post town trek
The healing waters of Nisshinkan

The healing waters of Nisshinkan

This article was originally published in December 2014 in Metropolis issue #1081.…
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Dining

Finding Community Through Food

Finding Community Through Food

The best place for true Filipino food in Tokyo
Porktoberfest and OOOH! Bacon Festival

Porktoberfest and OOOH! Bacon Festival

How natural disaster in Yamanashi formed a decades-long bonds

Village Cellars

Village Cellars

Quality new-world wines in Japan
The Bravest Restaurants in Tokyo

The Bravest Restaurants in Tokyo

Tokyo’s best new restaurants are carving out their place in an untested landscape

Harnet Mega Meat Mart

Harnet Mega Meat Mart

Shop wholesale prices on exclusive meat
Tokyo’s Sri Lankan Cuisine 101

Tokyo’s Sri Lankan Cuisine 101

Rediscovering Sri Lankan food in Tokyo with two of the city’s top Sri Lankan chefs

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Western Movies in Japanese Cinemas

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