30 things to do this weekend

Saturday

Frankenweenie
It's the simple, touching tale of one boy and his reanimated dog – and Frankenweenie is also the best films that Tim Burton has made in ages. See it at cinemas throughout Tokyo today (in 3D too, if you like). Read more

Toshimaen Ice Rink
The old-school Toshimaen amusement park provides a curiously apt setting for Tokyo's largest outdoor ice rink, which opens for business today – and will be offering free lessons for absolute beginners. Read more

Prom Nite feat. Neon Indian
One of the more interesting artists to emerge from the short-lived chillwave movement, Mexican-born, Brooklyn-based producer Alan Palomo returns to Tokyo this weekend for a one-off DJ set at Le Baron de Paris. Read more

Kenny Dope & DJ Spinna
New York gets represented in style at Eleven tonight, as two key figures from the city's club lore – Kenny 'Masters at Work' Dope and DJ Spinna – team up for a session of old-school dancefloor shenanigans. Read more

Zatsuni Oto Nabe Session Vol. 3
Legendary underground musician Keiji Haino is the special guest at this festive musical free-for-all, also featuring spiky guitar/drums duo Kirihito, shambolic rockers Big Spaghetti and costumed chanteuse Jon The Dog. Read more

Dry & Heavy vs Rebel Familia
It's being billed as a 'Super Fight' between two dub-influenced duos, but we're not sure how fair the competition is going to be when both bands feature bassist Takeshi Akimoto. Should be skank-tastic, though. Read more

Womb Adventure ’12
He conquered Ibiza this summer with his saké-fuelled Enter parties, and now Richie Hawtin is bring the show to Tokyo. Join the techno pioneer – plus pals including Darren Emerson and Loco Dice – at Makuhari Messe. Read more

Big Groove Vol. 5
Don't fancy schlepping it out to Messe? Head to Vision to hear recent Billboard cover star A-Trak and Dillon Francis spin electro, hip hop, house, Moombahton, luvstep and other genres that haven't even been named yet. Read more

Ichiro Morita Sutekan Collection
Swing by Vanilla Gallery for the final day of this oddball exhibition of sutekan, the disposable banners used to advertise everything from pro-wrestling matches to stripshows – Showa-era promo gaudiness at its best. Read more

Clark Little Photo Exhibition
Hawaii-based photographer Clark Little – responsible for some of the coolest wave photos ever – is in Tokyo this week for his first solo Japan exhibition, and you can meet him at a signing event this afternoon. Read more

XYZ
Art galleries: what's the point? That's the question posed by this group show, which attempts to reconcile the sometimes conflicting demands that art be creative, entertaining and commercially lucrative. Read more

Hentai Animation All-Nighter
No, not that kind of hentai: there's no tentacle porn on the menu at this all-night film screening at Baus Theater, though you can expect plenty of twisted moments during the program of animation shorts. Read more

Werner Herzog All-Nighter
Combustible actor Klaus Kinski starred in many of Werner Herzog's most memorable films, but the thought of spending an entire night in his wild-eyed presence is cause for trepidation as much as excitement. Read more