Aural Vampire

50,000 ''friends'' hope Exo-Chika will sink her fangs into them

Bright Star

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on June 2010 Jane Campion’s Austen-ish [...]

New Waves

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on June 2010 The sea is [...]

One With a Bullet

Actor Eric Bossick talks monsters, metal—and what it’s like to be the ''other Iron Man''

Etched Elegance

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on May 2010 Fifty years after [...]

Benjamin Skepper

Past and present, East and West collide in the Japanese-Australian composer’s strange creations

Prophet Motive

Visionary trend forecaster Li Edelkoort has helped companies like Coca-Cola, Nissan and Gucci anticipate market shifts and keep ahead of their competitors. In a groundbreaking Tokyo exhibition, she offers up “an archaeology of the future”

The Sartorialist

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on May 2010 Scott Schuman has [...]

Style on Trial

Young Tokyoites sound off about girl-boy fashion taboos

Yohji Yamamoto

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on May 2010 Tokyo’s fashion industry [...]

The Dead Weather

Sea Of Cowards

High Art

Since its opening five years ago, a reclusive sect's stunning museum has attracted wide international acclaim. Tama Miyake travels to the mountaintop.