Old and New in Nakameguro: An Area Guide
Even when the cherry trees aren’t in bloom, there’s a blossoming community on the banks of the Meguro River, including a brand new space under the railway filled with cute eateries. Photographs by Luca...
View ArticleDaytripping in Narita: An Area Guide
More than an airline hub, this Chiba Prefecture town has a lot to offer, whether you’re looking to kill time on a layover or escaping Tokyo for a regenerative day trip. On the Green The beauty of...
View ArticleGoing Live in Koenji: An Area Guide
This iconoclastic neighborhood found its free-spirited identity back in the 60s and 70s and has been trying to live up to it ever since. Hippie Turned Punk Known as a hotbed for activists, Koenji has...
View ArticleKid Around in Odaiba: An Area Guide
Providing families with the most direct getaway to the shore, these artificial islands are an open playground amid Tokyo Bay. Folly Shore While most of Tokyo’s coastline is reserved for shipyards and...
View ArticleTake a Trip Down Oyama’s “Happy Road”: An Area Guide
Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action, cunning as a savage pitted against the wilderness, Bareheaded, Shoveling, Wrecking, Planning, Building, breaking, rebuilding These words were penned by...
View Article8 Spots You Don’t Want to Miss in Chiyoda
If something political is going on in Tokyo – or Japan for that matter – it’s likely to be taking shape in Chiyoda Ward. This part of the city is home to the Prime Minister’s official residence, and...
View ArticleFour Unusual Ways to Enjoy Yokohama
Yokohama Port opened to the world in 1859 and the city served as a gateway to the West, creating a cultural exchange between Japan and the rest of the world. These early influences on people’s lives...
View ArticleUnder the Tracks in Yurakucho: An Area Guide
Surrounded by the extravagance of areas such as Marunouchi, Ginza, Hibiya and Shimbashi, this old-school neighborhood is something of an island extending in a narrow strip beneath the Yamanote line....
View ArticleCraft a Strategy for Kuramae: An Area Guide
This Edo period neighborhood on the Sumida River made its name as a storage site for rice but has sustained relevance into the present through craftsmanship. Against the Grain Located on the Sumida...
View ArticleFeel Enchanted in Tsukuda: An Area Guide
Tsukuda isn’t exactly a physical place. It’s more of an idea, a utopia, an idyll. Separated, by means of a simple road, from neighboring Tsukishima – home of the much-loved monjayaki – Tsukuda is like...
View ArticleGet a Taste of the Night Life in Yokohama’s Yoshidamachi Shotengai
As the world gets ready to come to Japan for the Rugby World Cup in 2019 and the 2020 Olympics, there will be many experiences waiting for tourists, beyond the sporting events and the immediate...
View ArticleGet Back to Nature in Shakujii: An Area Guide
Craving peace and quiet? Explore the charms of Shakujii Koen. Park Off Tokyoites, to some, could be viewed as a bit aloof and snobbish. A Japanese pal once said that central dwellers (within the...
View ArticleTake a Trip Down Oyama’s “Happy Road”: An Area Guide
Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action, cunning as a savage pitted against the wilderness, Bareheaded, Shoveling, Wrecking, Planning, Building, breaking, rebuilding These words were penned by...
View Article8 Spots You Don’t Want to Miss in Chiyoda
If something political is going on in Tokyo – or Japan for that matter – it’s likely to be taking shape in Chiyoda Ward. This part of the city is home to the Prime Minister’s official residence, and...
View ArticleFour Unusual Ways to Enjoy Yokohama
Yokohama Port opened to the world in 1859 and the city served as a gateway to the West, creating a cultural exchange between Japan and the rest of the world. These early influences on people’s lives...
View ArticleUnder the Tracks in Yurakucho: An Area Guide
Surrounded by the extravagance of areas such as Marunouchi, Ginza, Hibiya and Shimbashi, this old-school neighborhood is something of an island extending in a narrow strip beneath the Yamanote line....
View ArticleCraft a Strategy for Kuramae: An Area Guide
This Edo period neighborhood on the Sumida River made its name as a storage site for rice but has sustained relevance into the present through craftsmanship. Against the Grain Located on the Sumida...
View ArticleFeel Enchanted in Tsukuda: An Area Guide
Tsukuda isn’t exactly a physical place. It’s more of an idea, a utopia, an idyll. Separated, by means of a simple road, from neighboring Tsukishima – home of the much-loved monjayaki – Tsukuda is like...
View ArticleGet a Taste of the Night Life in Yokohama’s Yoshidamachi Shotengai
As the world gets ready to come to Japan for the Rugby World Cup in 2019 and the 2020 Olympics, there will be many experiences waiting for tourists, beyond the sporting events and the immediate...
View ArticleGet Back to Nature in Shakujii: An Area Guide
Craving peace and quiet? Explore the charms of Shakujii Koen. Park Off Tokyoites, to some, could be viewed as a bit aloof and snobbish. A Japanese pal once said that central dwellers (within the...
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