Things to do this week in Tokyo

Monday 15

Black Lips
These notorious Georgia rock brats have been slowly growing up, moving from their familiar garage-psych to more polished fare – but might still whip out their dicks and whiz on each other. They're well-loved in Japan, so expect a healthy crowd tonight. Read more

Tuesday 16

Tatsuya Shimohira: Seisorenkan
Dedicated to documenting and expressing the spiritual and emotional sides of Japan's ancient matsuri, photographer Tatsuya Shimohira shows off his mystically powerful, mainly black-and-white photos at Roppongi's Zen Foto Gallery. Read more

Wednesday 17

Monomania Store
On the hunt for unique decor? Head to Hanzomon for this pop-up that provides a stage to young creatives, including Kyoto-based ceramics artist Daisak and Daisaku Yakabe, a carpenter who makes use of materials like pine cones, bark and fallen leaves. Read more

Thursday 18

New 10am Film Festival
Got time in the morning? Wake up early and catch a classic movie at Toho's popular 10am Film Festival, which features screenings all across town. 1970 romantic drama Ryan's Daughter, with Robert Mitchum and Sarah Miles, is on today. Read more

Friday 19

'Prism' – Photography by Francis Giacobetti
Visionary French photog Francis Giacobetti likes avant-garde aesthetics and dynamism – both aspects are present in these shots for Issey Miyake, depicting dancers and models showing off the venerable designer's Please Pleats line. Read more

World Chocolate Dessert Buffet
Start the weekend early with all-you-can-eat chocolate in the afternoon – yes, Ebisu's Westin is offering an exclusively cacao-based buffet, stocked with everything from fine European pieces to a Japanese green tea/black bean chocolate cream mixture. Read more

Chance Chance Tokyo Exhibition
Korean model Kim Chan is more than just a pretty face – he's even got his own clothing line, which is now aiming to take Tokyo by storm with this debut exhibition and pop-up shop in Harajuku. Head over tonight and have your drinks served by the designer himself. Read more

Sky Beer Garden
Spend Friday night in style at the Shinjuku Hilton, where this open-air beer garden serves not only the usual couples and larger groups but also singles and – yes – those eager to sip together with their pet pooches. Booze hounds are welcome, in other words. Read more

Saturday 20

Salsa Street Festival
This offbeat and multinational celebration takes on Yoyogi Park with food, drinks, music and fashion, plus all the salsa dancing you can possibly endure over a single weekend. Tacos, tequila and handicrafts – what could possibly go wrong? Read more

Sake Fair 2015
This nihonshu festival in Ikebukuro is actually a two-part event, with a showcase for the winners of this year's Japan-wide shinshu (freshly brewed sake) contest taking place at the same time as the All-Japan Sake Fair. In any case, free-flowing booze is the name of the game. Read more

Fussa Firefly Festival
Never been to Fussa? Today's a great time to go, as this western city puts on its famous firefly festa once again. The glowing creatures have been raised for months just for this event, which sees them let free into a riverside park at nightfall and spread their shine all around the area. Read more

EU Film Days
This annual screen showcase is great for catching some of the more interesting films to come out of Europe over the past year or so. Today's three-part programme starts at 11am and contains movies from Portugal, Hungary and Greece. Read more

Lee Kit: The Voice Behind Me
A hotly tipped name in his field, Hong Kong-born artist Lee Kit now stops by Ginza's Shiseido Gallery for this introductory display, which provides an overview of his socially conscious creations and hints at themes like stress in urban environments and the effects of growing inequality. Read more

MNML SSGS Party
Intrepid scene innovator Chris SSG's party returns to Air with a packed lineup, spearheaded by NYC techno pioneer Adam X and fellow veterans Ancient Methods. The downstairs lounge will be taken over by the Fish crew, usually swimming around at Mishuku's Web. Read more

Sunday 21

Candle Night @ Zojoji
‘Turn off the lights, take it slow’ is the motto of Candle Night, which first began back in 2003 and encourages people to relax and mellow out, turning off the lights and lighting candles instead. Zozoji Temple is at the heart of the event. Read more

Gotenyama Aloha Journey
Need a mini-vacation in the city? Head to Shinagawa's Marriott for a reasonably priced, Hawaiian-style Sunday brunch at the hotel's Lounge & Dining G, which is surrounded by a lush and appropriately decorative garden. Read more

Xavier Dolan Special Programme
Only 26 but already the director of five feature films – Quebec's cinematic prodigy Xavier Dolan is worth all the attention he gets. Choose from four of his own movies, or watch his latest acting performance in Charles Binamé's Elephant Song, now at Shibuya's Uplink. Read more

Musashi Mitake music and dance performance
Handed down through generations since the Edo period, this Shinto dance and music performance is a compelling ritual not usually open to the public. Making the hike all the way out west to Mt Mitake should be well worth it in this case. Read more

Motion Science
How to best design movement is the big question at Midtown's 21_21 Design Sight, where this display shines a light on how mobility in technology, engineering and aesthetics has both made our daily lives more convenient and widened our artistic vistas. Read more