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The Best in Fermented - Metropolis Japan

The Best in Fermented

In Japan fermentation is foundational

Tokyo Food Tips & Trends - Metropolis Japan

Tokyo Food Tips & Trends

December

Tokyo Bolsters Tourism with NYC Partnership - Metropolis Japan

Tokyo Bolsters Tourism with NYC Partnership

Earlier this month the Tokyo Government signed a tourism promotion partnership [...]

Tokyo Coffee Culture: How Expats and Kissaten Traditions Shaped Japan’s Third Wave - Metropolis Japan

Tokyo Coffee Culture: How Expats and Kissaten Traditions Shaped Japan’s Third Wave

Understanding Tokyo's love of coffee

Edo Period Food: The Origins of Tokyo Cuisine and Japan’s Street Food Culture - Metropolis Japan

Edo Period Food: The Origins of Tokyo Cuisine and Japan’s Street Food Culture

Tracing the history of Tokyo's cuisine

How to Start Exercising in Summer: Tokyo Swimmers Share Motivation and Tips - Metropolis Japan

How to Start Exercising in Summer: Tokyo Swimmers Share Motivation and Tips

Tips on how to start an exercise routine

What Do Japanese Students Eat For Lunch? - Metropolis Japan

What Do Japanese Students Eat For Lunch?

Food education is regulation in Japan

Japanese Superfoods for Peak Performance - Metropolis Japan

Japanese Superfoods for Peak Performance

Natural alternatives to protein bars and Pocari Sweat

Raising A Child with Disabilities Abroad - Metropolis Japan

Raising A Child with Disabilities Abroad

And the added complications of living abroad

The Season of Miso Making - Metropolis Japan

The Season of Miso Making

Yayoi Minowa talks about the long manual process in which miso is made

Tokyo Kitchen Kawaii - Metropolis Japan

Tokyo Kitchen Kawaii

We came for the cute bentos

Japan (Abhors and) Embraces Diversity - Metropolis Japan

Japan (Abhors and) Embraces Diversity

Japanese attitudes towards diversity have been changing

Healthy from the Inside Out - Metropolis Japan

Healthy from the Inside Out

Age-old diet and wellness hacks from Japan

The Story of Ginger - Metropolis Japan

The Story of Ginger

From the Southeast Asian tropics to the plates of Japan

Why Tokyo? - Metropolis Japan

Why Tokyo?

If you live in Japan, you may have been asked [...]

In Style: Winter Makeup - Metropolis Japan

In Style: Winter Makeup

The “winter doll” and other trending make-up looks

Hair - Metropolis Japan

Hair

The ’Dos and Don’ts

Tokyo Late Night Food Spots That Stay Open ‘Til Morning - Metropolis Japan

Tokyo Late Night Food Spots That Stay Open ‘Til Morning

Where to go for your sordid post-midnight culinary affairs

Super Commuter - Metropolis Japan

Super Commuter

On navigating horror ordeals while riding Tokyo's trains

Modern Japanese Food - Metropolis Japan

Modern Japanese Food

An evolution of note

Out of the Bubble - Metropolis Japan

Out of the Bubble

Finding an identity in international schools

Shokibarai - Metropolis Japan

Shokibarai

A 10-point plan to keeping cool this summer

The Best Job in the World - Metropolis Japan

The Best Job in the World

A former classifieds editor says goodbye to her kinky, sometimes sleazy baby

Oedo Waen Soba and Sake Festival 2016 - Metropolis Japan

Oedo Waen Soba and Sake Festival 2016

A culinary and thirst-quenching feast for the soul

Pattern Recognition - Metropolis Japan

Pattern Recognition

Discovering universal familiarities

Noodle Man - Metropolis Japan

Noodle Man

Lessons from a rustic udon kitchen

Sake no Sakana - Metropolis Japan

Sake no Sakana

Edo-style sipping and snacking

Half the World Away - Metropolis Japan

Half the World Away

Being Biracial in Japan

Chef Andy Warden - Metropolis Japan

Chef Andy Warden

The man behind The Pink Cow’s Cal-Mex cuisine

Stairway to the Future - Metropolis Japan

Stairway to the Future

Japan, I Hardly Knew You

Barrier-Free Japan - Metropolis Japan

Barrier-Free Japan

Finding accessibility in the world’s tightest spaces

F.O.B. and A-OK! - Metropolis Japan

F.O.B. and A-OK!

Looking back at the life of an expat—20 years ago

The Foreigner Flipside - Metropolis Japan

The Foreigner Flipside

Riding the ups and downs of the gaijin privilege paradox

Small Print: December 24, 2015 - Metropolis Japan

Small Print: December 24, 2015

Facebook felons, farm phenomena, part-timer problems, and more ...

The Ghosts in my Kitchen - Metropolis Japan

The Ghosts in my Kitchen

Food infused with history

Small Print: December 17, 2015 - Metropolis Japan

Small Print: December 17, 2015

Death-defying ducks, ceremony swindlers, kid crimes, and more ...