Tune into anime songs performed live by a real band in a Shibuya basement — sing the choruses, then watch or join wotagei, the synchronized glow-stick dance unique to Japanese idol and fandom culture. No experience needed. What to expect… · Events at Tokyo Cheapo ↗
The Legend of Zelda turns 40, and its music is going on an orchestra tour. According to the organizers, it’s the first Zelda orchestral concert with a live audience since The Legend of Zelda Concert 2018. What to expect The Japan run opens… · Events at Tokyo Cheapo ↗
Before Yu-Gi-Oh! was a card game, it was a weekly manga about Yugi, who shares his body with the soul of a king. For the manga’s 30th anniversary, the organizers are putting on what they bill as the first exhibition of original art by its… · Events at Tokyo Cheapo ↗
Once a year, Japan’s arcade industry fills Tokyo Big Sight with its newest game-center machines, and for one Saturday it lets the public in to play them. What to expect Amusement Expo, billed by its organizers as one of Japan’s largest… · Events at Tokyo Cheapo ↗
Thirty years after the first game, Resident Evil is getting a show in Shibuya that Capcom bills as the series’ first large-scale exhibition anywhere in the world. (In Japan the series has always been called Biohazard, which is why the… · Events at Tokyo Cheapo ↗
At the NHK Trophy, fans in the rinkside SS seats throw bouquets and plush toys onto the ice after each skate. It’s the sixth event of the ISU Grand Prix series, billed by the Japan Skating Federation as the last stop before the Grand Prix… · Events at Tokyo Cheapo ↗
Three women who debuted in the late 1960s went on to open up what girls’ comics could do: Moto Hagio, with her ageless boy vampire; Ryōko Yamagishi, who drew ballet unlike any ballet manga before her and reimagined a young Prince Shōtoku;… · Events at Tokyo Cheapo ↗
Six Tohoku festivals in one Tokyo weekend. The Nakano Tohoku Kizuna Matsuri brings Aomori’s illuminated Nebuta floats, Akita’s towering Kanto lantern poles, and a lineup of regional dances to the streets around Nakano Station. What to… · Events at Tokyo Cheapo ↗
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man is going to take a little run break: On November 30 its lights will turn off at midnight in preparation for its first major renovation in over 12 years. Who Is the Glico Man? The Glico Man is the neon-lit… · Art & Culture at Tokyo Weekender ↗
Edward Scissorhands, Jack Skellington, and that striped sandworm from Beetlejuice are heading to Toyosu this winter. Tim Burton’s Labyrinth, the immersive exhibition that has drawn more than a million visitors across eight cities since it… · Events at Tokyo Cheapo ↗
Cat lovers, this one’s for you: illustrator Erica Ward and perfumer Kō have teamed up on Tummy, a free art and fragrance exhibition all about fluffy cat bellies. It runs for just four days at Gallery W, a retro house-turned-gallery in… · Events at Tokyo Cheapo ↗
UK feminist non-profit Loud Women has been putting women-led and non-binary-led bands on stage since 2015 — and on November 14, it holds its first-ever festival in Asia. Teaming up with Tokyo’s rock-for-climate gig series Too Hot to Be… · Events at Tokyo Cheapo ↗
Nori Enomoto’s namesake leather goods brand is instantly recognizable for its bold, sugar-toned colors and playful, wavy silhouettes. There is a particular kind of curve that shows up again and again in her work — cartoonish yet chic, an… · Art & Culture at Tokyo Weekender ↗
Japan sure does love cats … right? There are definitely a lot of them in anime, though usually heavily anthropomorphized — basically humans with cat ears (known as nekomimi). But that doesn’t really feel like it counts. And what about… · Art & Culture at Tokyo Weekender ↗
Sangenjaya Art Music takes place on November 7 with 76 artists, family-friendly daytime activities and an all-night music programme · at Time Out Tokyo ↗
Journey to the End of the Night is back for its 10th Tokyo edition What to expect Journey to the End of the Night is a street game played in cities around the world since 2006, and the 10th Tokyo edition starts at Yoyogi Park in Shibuya on… · Events at Tokyo Cheapo ↗
A pair of Wakasa lacquered chopsticks are immediately recognizable for their intricate patterns. Depending on the artisan’s design, you might see shimmering ribbons of mother-of-pearl, delicate flecks of crushed eggshell or bold geometric… · Art & Culture at Tokyo Weekender ↗