Iidabashi is really just a relatively big station on the JR Chuo Line surrounded by wide roads and lots of more interesting neighbourhoods – like Kagurazaka.
Walking: the best—and cheapest—way to experience Tokyo. Take a look at three of our favorite (short) walking routes, …
It’s nearly two weeks into 2016. Did you welcome the New Year the Japanese way—hatsumode (a temple or …
A free feast in Tokyo? Imagine that! Let’s keep imagining. It’s a meal so big that it’ll fill you up …
It’s not that I don’t like breakfast, it’s brunch I’m after—that lazy Sunday morning into …
Onigiri (rice balls) are to Japanese as sandwiches are to westerners – a quick, cheap, healthy and portable source …
As a middle schooler I dreaded being dragged to another event at the Goethe-Institut in Zimbabwe, where we lived at the …
One of the most common questions I hear in Japan is “What’s your hobby?” I don’t have a hobby. …
Uniqlo is my go-to store for affordable, chic clothes, mostly because it’s one of the only clothing stores in …
With its high density and scarcity of space, Tokyo was made for the sharing economy. As such, it’s no surprise …
Transportation in Japan is expensive. Rental cars, trains, and busses can often drain your wallet faster than those …
