20 things to do this weekend

The best the capital has to offer in art, music, club events and drinking establishments. Once again, we've made your weekend plans for you...

Friday

See a tape recorder orchestra...

Ei Wada's claim to fame is that he has constructed a mini orchestra out of old reel-to-reel tape recorders. As a live act, Wada's Open Reel Ensemble are terrific value, manhandling their tape decks to create ambient soundscapes and – we kid you not – Underworld-style dance anthems. The group's members also play together in the predominantly acoustic folk ensemble Joki Aotsuki Gakudan, meaning that they get to appear as their own support act for this latest concert. Click here for event details

Celebrate the mighty bird...

This weekend, from Friday to Sunday, winners of a 'karaage grand prix' will come together in Ebisu, at the behest the Japan Associate of Deep Fried Chicken (yes, it exists), to present their award winning crispy birds. Visitors would do well to visit during lunchtime, when the nation's best karaage bentos will be going on sale. If you're a chicken, probably best to avoid it all together. Click here for event details

Attend an album release party...

Towa Tei must be pretty chuffed with his new album: this is the second release party for Sunny, following on from a knees-up with YMO's Haruomi Hosono and a fair few others last month. Click here for event details

Come together as One...

Visitors to the electro-infected Weekend Warriorz party can expect appearances by flamboyant performance artist Pyuupiru, visually enhanced electronic duo Hifana, the appositely named Tokyo-Ghetto-Shamisen, and a fair heap of others – including late '80s techno guru, One. Click here for event details

Play, all night long...

You couldn't ask for a better overview of the current state of commercial Japanese dance music than this. Look out for MC Verbal and Yasutaka Nakata at the centre of things, and a DJ set by Dragon Ash drummer Sakurai Makoto elsewhere in the venue. Click here for event details

Shred your brain...

Brain-shredding post-punk group Tacobonds have come into their own since losing original singer Toshikazu Sasaki in 2009. After drafting in a string of guest vocalists, they decided to forge ahead as a trio, and if anything they sound even more arse-kicking for it. Click here for event details