Things to do this week in Tokyo

Monday 3

Hyakudan Kaidan Festival
Celebrate hinamatsuri (Girls' Day) at Meguro's Gajoen, where beautiful hina dolls from Kyushu are on display. Learn more about this centuries-old custom while marvelling at the impressive hina-dan platforms. Read more

Tuesday 4

Let It Be
Beatles fans, your prayers have been answered: the long-running West End musical 'Let It Be' is finally coming to Japan. Over 40 songs will be performed at every show, including evergreens like Yesterday and Help! Read more

Dominómadik: Jimanica
Producer and composer Takahisa Mitsumori, better known in the electronica world as Mergrim, is the force behind this newly started party, which now welcomes drummer and innovative beat artist Jimanica. Read more

Wednesday 5

Kurt Rosenwinkel Quartet
Kurt Rosenwinkel is one of the leading names in contemporary jazz right now. Having set his artistic sights as high as outer space on the 2012 album Star of Jupiter, this guitar virtuoso will surely impress in Tokyo as well. Read more

Thursday 6

The Woman with the Five Elephants
Ukraine-born Svetlana Geier was considered the world's most masterful translator of Russian literature into German. This film, playing only for a couple more days in Shibuya, tells her fascinating and dramatic life story. Read more

Friday 7

Art Fair Tokyo
Returning for its ninth year, this gargantuan art show, serving as an excellent introduction to the Japanese contemporary art scene, will once again be taking over an entire exhibition hall at Tokyo International Forum. Read more

Sterne 12th Anniversary
Takkyu Ishino's regular techno night has been going strong for a full dozen of years now, and this anniversary party takes it up another notch by welcoming Dutch master and Detroit techno flag-bearer Joris Voorn. Read more

Simi Lounge 7
With several of its members busy with solo projects, hip-hop unit Simi Lab has been laying low for a while now. That will change with this release party celebrating their latest album, entitled Mind Over Matter. Read more

Saturday 8

The Natives at Ogi Island
Today's your last chance to check out contemporary artist Makoto Aida's newest project, a video piece about Ogi Island in the Seto Inland Sea, where 'natives' are said to live together with monsters and ghosts. Read more

Jörgen Axelvall: Instant Moments
Japan resident and up-and-coming fashion photographer Jörgen Axelvall just released his first monograph, entitled 'Instant Moments', and now Aoyama gallery Idol celebrates that release with this special exhibition. Read more

The Horses of Fukushima
Met with critical acclaim after its release in late 2013, this interesting documentary returns to Shibuya's Uplink theatre from today. Find out what happened to Miracle Quest, the racehorse that got caught up in the 3.11 disaster. Read more

Cinema Travel
No time or money to travel? Now you can tour some of the modern wonders of our world from the comfort of a movie theatre seat: this film takes you on a virtual trip from Machu Picchu to Nazca and Angkor Wat. Read more

Ravijour 10th Anniversary Party
Underwear brand Ravijour celebrates a decade of panties with this party at Shibuya's Vision, headlined by Mighty Crown and Fire Ball on the dancehall/reggae side and by Daishi Dance and friends on the house side. Read more

Sunday 9

Japanese Culture Workshop
Get acquainted with traditional Japanese culture over one event-filled day at this workshop, which features everything from tea ceremonies to flower arrangement and from traditional music to sweets-making – all in English. Read more

3.11 Movie Festival
This three-week festival is your chance to see a series of over 30 documentary films made in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, including Hirokazu Koreeda's acclaimed That Day - Living Fukushima. Read more

The Art of Nick Walker
Last day today! Trailblazing stencil artist Nick Walker brings a street attitude to Shibuya's Parco Gallery with this exhibition, which features five exclusive pieces on canvas, in addition to prints from his 'Vandalism' series. Read more

Monet, An Eye for Landscapes
Also closing today is the National Museum of Western Art's Monet retrospective, subtitled 'Innovation in 19th Century French Landscape Paintings’, which also includes pieces by later masters like Manet and Picasso. Read more