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Hibiya Park to Host Free Art Festival with Pop-Up Food Market

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#STAGE 2024.10.25

Sugoi Seimeiryoku ‘s stage is a comedy skit featuring a troubled person and a short play about despair while living together

2024.10.24｜12:28

#STAGE 2024.11.27

Six people perform monologues about their own lives and work, Pepepe-no-Kai + Iihenji’s stage

2024.10.24｜12:15

#STAGE 2024.11.22

Hate to Cheek’s play depicts “the worst-case scenario that could happen in our not-too-distant future”

2024.10.24｜12:02

#STAGE 2024.11.13

Tsuyu to Makura ‘s stage “Tachibana ni Uguisu” depicts “change and tradition” through the existence of immortality.

2024.10.24｜11:34

#STAGE 2024.11.15

Shibuya PARCO Celebrates 5th Anniversary Since Its Renewal with ZAZEN BOYS, Perfume’s A-chan and More

2024.10.22｜18:00

#STAGE 2024.10.18

Ungeziefer’s 10th anniversary performance, depicting people who continue to work in a labor that is neither productive nor rewarding.

2024.10.8｜13:32

#STAGE 2024.10.29

Chamicham’s Third Performance of Lolo’s “Itsuko Series” Fulfills Hatano’s Longing

2024.10.8｜13:24

#STAGE 2024.10.18

Iedeinu Project’s stage production of “Erika ni Yoroshiku” which depicts the parting and departure of two lovers, will be performed again.

2024.10.8｜13:08

#STAGE 2024.10.17

KYOTO EXPERIMENT Unveils Showcase of Emerging Curators and Artists

2024.10.4｜10:47

#STAGE 2024.12.13

‘Oshi no Ko’ Set to Hit the Stage: Dual Key Visuals Unveiled Featuring ‘Tokyo Blade’

2024.8.30｜18:25

#STAGE 2024.10.25

Japan’s OPULENCE Drag Show Hits Tokyo and Osaka for Vol. 5

2024.8.23｜11:58

#STAGE 2024.9.20

chelfitsch’s Toshiki Okada Speaks on the Japan Debut of “Metamorphosis of a Living Room”

2024.8.19｜23:03

#STAGE 2024.9.5

Theater “Cooking Rice in a Rice Cooker and Ending When It’s Cooked” by Yuki Naito of the Asagaya Spiders.

2024.8.11｜13:47

#STAGE 2024.8.23

Lolo’s New Performance is “Theater x Tanka,” Featuring Poet Ayumi Uesaka, Depicting “People Who Are Bored

2024.8.11｜12:00

#STAGE 2024.8.17

Two main Amayadori performances, a new science fiction conversation play & the final work of the “Hyottoko Ranbu” era.

2024.8.11｜11:41

#STAGE 2024.7.16

The story of Utagawa Hiroshige and Meshimori Onna, Mushirase’s stage “NAITOSHINJUKU TRAP-HOLE”.

2024.7.13｜12:22

#STAGE 2024.7.13

“Wild Hotaru wo Tsukamaero” a one-woman show written and directed by actor and poet Sekiyu Okamoto.

2024.7.13｜12:03

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NiEW Best Music is a playlist featuring artists leading the music scene and offering alternative styles in our rapidly evolving society. Hailing from Tokyo, the NiEW editorial team proudly curates outstanding music that transcends size, genre, and nationality.

EVENTS

#MUSIC 2025.5.30

MONO NO AWARE Announces Solo Show in May, Featuring Direction by GROUPN

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#MUSIC 2025.5.30

Khaki Announces Release of Unreleased 12-Track Album “Hakko”

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STUTS Releases Anniversary Song for Newoman Yokohama’s 5th Anniversary

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#MUSIC 2025.5.31

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#MUSIC 2025.5.31

The Chemical Brothers to Headline Makuhari’s First-Ever ‘THE BEACH 2025’ Festival

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#MUSIC 2025.5.31

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NiEW 2025.2.10｜18:51

#MUSIC 2025.5.31

Shizuoka’s “FUJI & SUN ’25” Adds Tavito Nanao, Yoshiwara Gion Taiko Sessions, and More

NiEW 2025.3.28｜12:56

#MUSIC 2025.5.31

MURA MASA, 250, MELTMODE Join Final Lineup for THE BEACH 2025 at Makuhari Beach

NiEW 2025.4.24｜14:30

#MUSIC 2025.5.31

Final Acts Revealed for FUJI & SUN Festival in Fuji City

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Ryusuke Hamaguchi Announces New Film ‘All of a Sudden’ Set for 2026 Release SONICMANIA Announces Second Wave of Artists: Perfume, KIKUO, MFS, and Minna-no-Kimochi Sebastian Stan Stars in A24 Thriller ‘A Different Man,’ Set for Japan Release

Photo Book Fair in Kyoto to Feature 35 Publishers and Bookstores Hitsujibungaku’s “mild days” Released Digitally, Music Video Shot During US Tour betcover!! to Embark on World Tour Across 31 Cities Wes Anderson’s Latest Film ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ to Hit Japanese Theaters in September

Eno: Brian Eno’s Dynamic Documentary Set for Japan Release Tadanori Yokoo Unveils 60 New Oil Paintings at Setagaya Art Museum in “River of Renga” Exhibition Kankyō Records Presents Ambient Event at Tama Center’s Botanical Greenhouse

Sapporo’s THE JUSTICE Music Festival Brings Together 60 Acts This May “Godzilla: THE Art Exhibition” Opens with 30 Artists, Exploring “What is Godzilla?” Prada Aoyama to Unveil Visionary Collaboration Between Nicolas Winding Refn and Hideo Kojima The fin. Announces US and Canada Tour in July, Following Release of New Single “Nebula”