Dance Above the Tokyo Skyline: An Apothecary Diaries Event at Roppongi Hills
Tokyo City View, the observation deck at the Roppongi Hills complex, has traded its usual skyline for a stage set.
Japan’s First Neon Pickleball Club Opens in Shibuya
NEON PICKLEBALL CLUB, Japan’s first neon-lit pickleball facility, opened in Shibuya, Tokyo this past August.
Fast & Furious Craze Comes to Fuji
FuelFest Japan, a car festival that began in Hollywood and ranks among the world's largest, returns to Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture on Tuesday, August 11. The event carries on the legacy of the late Paul Walker, star of the Fast & Furious films, combining high-energy car culture with humanitarian fundraising and drawing some 30,000 fans from Japan and abroad each year. Highlights include live recreations of scenes from the film, heart-stopping drag races, and a massive gathering of 2,000 custom cars.
For Every Ultraman . . . There's an Ultra Woman
In the classic sixties TV show Ultraman, Hiroko Sakurai played Akiko Fuji, the female lead to the super-sized superhero. In an exclusive interview marking the show's 60th anniversary, she shares her memories of the launch, the creative team, and dealing with the fame of the ground-breaking program.
Getting Comfortable with the Elephant in the Room: Noboru Tsubaki at Towada Art Center
The lumpy head of a bright pink balloon elephant fills a room, its trunk stretching out the door. Facing it is a spinning wheel with thousands of opening and closing eyeballs. These are the creations of Noboru Tsubaki, a Japanese contemporary artist known since the 1980s for his massive sculptures that look at today’s world through a surreal lens.
Devotion to Catalunya: Three Spanish Masters in Clay, at YOKU MOKU MUSEUM
The exhibition brings together ceramic works by Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, and the leading contemporary master Miquel Barceló, tracing each artist’s lasting ties to Catalonia.
A Major New Tokyo Museum Opens: MoN Takanawa—The Museum of Narratives
Opened in March 2026, MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives is a striking new multi-level museum consisting of six floors above ground and three below. It is part of Takanawa Gateway City, one of Tokyo's largest new urban developments, directly connected to Takanawa Gateway Station.
“YBA & BEYOND: British Art in the 90s from the Tate Collection” at the National Art Center, Tokyo
The exhibition “YBA & BEYOND: British Art in the 90s from the Tate Collection” is running until May 11 at the National Art Center, Tokyo in Roppongi. At the museum, one of Japan’s largest art spaces, visitors can follow the radical developments in British art during the 1990s.
