Rewind: The Japan Times in 2007 | The Japan Times Online

Music in 2007
Did you hear what we heard? This was the sound of 2007: Indie rock/pop Jazz Country and Okinawan Jazz Soul J-rock Classical Taiko and hip-hop	A sample of the Japanese and foreign musicians who chatted with The Japan Times in 2007. Pete Townshend Beth Ditto (Gossip) Karl Hyde (Underworld) James Mercer (The Shins) M.I.A. Pat Metheny Ian Williams (Battles) DJ Krush Robert Smith (The Cure) Crystal Kay Norah Jones Nick Cave Sonic Youth Arctic Monkeys Beck Lady Sovereign

Films in 2007
Our film reviewers, Mark Schilling, Kaori Shoji and Giovanni Fazio, sifted through the year's films from Japan and abroad, to come up with the top 10 picks for 2007.
A selection of the film stars and directors who found time to talk with The Japan Times in 2007: Quentin Tarantino Cameron Diaz Anna Tsuchiya Francois Ozone Robert De Niro George Clooney Hideo Nakata Daniel Radcliffe Studio 4C Johnny Depp, Chow Yun-Fat, Orlando Bloom Angelina Jolie Michel Gondry Rinko Kikuchi	Paul Verhoeven Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese Ken Watanabe Eric Calderon John Travolta Cate Blanchett Naomi Kawase
Books in 2007
Our book critics, Donald Richie, Stephen Mansfield, Jeff Kingston, Mark Schreiber, Mariko Kato and David Burleigh, survey recently published and upcoming books, with an eye to Japan-related fiction and nonfiction.
Dining in 2007
Tokyo Food File ate its way through the best restaurants of the nation's capital city, which was recently awarded more Michelin stars than Paris, London or New York. Here are three of the year's best from food writer Robbie Swinnerton. Sicilian trattoria cucina at Don Ciccio High-class tonkatsu at Butagumi Authentic Sichuan at Chion Shokudo And for dessert, here's a quick year-end look at Tokyo Food File's notebook. Bon appetit in 2008!

Music in 2007