The Ultimate Guide To Tokyo
"Tachiyomi" literally means "standing reading" and describes the practice of going to a bookshop and standing there reading the magazines or books. In my native NZ, within 5 minutes of me entering a bookshop and opening up a magazine, a not so …
With the hard economic times of late there's been a revolution in the pricing of this malt beverage in Tokyo. Although there are smaller and larger variants, the standard for serving beer in Japan is the 'chuu jockey' glass which holds about 1 …
This was one of the installations at Roppongi Art Night which was held recently. The event itself is free and spread over three locations in Roppongi/Akasaka. This particular piece of art outside the National Art Center Tokyo caught my eye as …
Discount ticket shops have been around for about as long as there have been tickets. Typically you'll find them under elevated railway tracks, or squeezed into small spaces between buildings. The deals seem impossibly good but the grimy …
'Polite', 'clean', 'tasty', 'pleasant' and 'safe' aren't words that fit together nicely with 'cheap'. You're probably expecting words like 'nasty', 'seedy', 'dangerous', 'dirty' and 'low quality'—but that's the beauty of being a cheapo in …