The Ultimate Guide To Tokyo
Over the years, Tokyo Marathon has acquired a reputation for having runners in wacky costumes. One runner even dressed …
Awhile back when I was out for karaoke, something terrible happened. I had song-selection block. I simply …
With winter giving way to spring, it’s time to welcome the new season with another roundup of events worth attending. …
Weighing in at 4,000 tons and big enough to hold the Nara Daibutsu in the palm of its hand, the Ushiku Daibutsu in …
Tourism in Japan is climbing, with well over 20 million visitors expected annually by the 2020 Olympics. With a great …
If you haven’t read any of my previous posts, please know that I am a bit of a car guy. That is actually one of …
It’s nearly two weeks into 2016. Did you welcome the New Year the Japanese way—hatsumode (a temple or shrine …
My first experience with an actual kofun was rather awkward: I had spent a very tiring and extremely hot day at Zojoji …
The major year-ender for geeks is Winter Comiket (short for “Comic Market”), a time when doujinshi …
Before you ever stepped foot on Japanese soil, you probably envisioned a society in complete integration with …
The 44th running of the Tokyo Moto Show started October 29th and is running through November 8th so you still have time …
Although Tokyo’s been having an unusually warm autumn, the chilly weather that Tokyoites had experienced for a …
After the craziness that was Halloween, I was looking forward to attending an event that had less people, less Minions …
See the best costumes of Tokyo Halloween 2016. With Halloween Eve behind us and All Hallows’ Eve upon us, …
See the best costumes of Tokyo Halloween 2016. Shibuya Hallowen 2014 – It was bonkers here last night, and that’s …
As I made my way from Tokyo Teleport Station, the familiar sound of squealing tires echoing off the surrounding …
See our guide to Tokyo Halloween celebrations 2016. Gather round, cheapo ghoulies and ghosties; the haunting season has …
If the Edo Tokyo Museum is for not just Edo lovers but anyone interested in Tokyo, then the Fukagawa Edo Museum is more …
The Japanese magazine Metro Walker recently ran an article explaining how readers could “climb four mountains” in Tokyo …
Note: Ticket PIA has ended its service on June 30, 2021. The movie-going experience has always been a dubious form of …
One of the requirements of nihonshu (you might know it as sake—which just means ‘alcohol’ in Japanese) is …
From a cheapo point of view (this is why you’re here, right?) few things can match temples and shrines in terms …
At first I thought it was me and my thing for Tokyo and its predecessor, Edo—and for dioramas—but after getting lots of …
Looking to do something way, way off the beaten track? Take yourself on a tour that is so far removed from the usual …