Interview with Smoke Thief: A Musician’s Journey from Childhood to Japan
What’s it like realizing your dreams of becoming a successful musician in a foreign country? We chat with …
What’s it like realizing your dreams of becoming a successful musician in a foreign country? We chat with …
Let’s begin with all cards on the table. For me, when it comes to cheapo fashion and bargain hunting, vintage shops and …
Tokyo can be a foodie’s heaven on earth when it comes to restaurant selection. So while it might be hard at first …
Concept The name says it all. It’s a hostel filled with books so you can enjoy the written word, the pretty …
We chat with Shane Reustle, a nomadic backpacker in Tokyo. He’s the first interviewee of our Impressions on Tokyo …
The 44th running of the Tokyo Moto Show started October 29th and is running through November 8th so you still have time …
Japanese cosmetics are reputed to be of good quality, such that tourists love to take them home from their shopping …
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 …
Not to be confused with oryx (a genus of antelope) or Orix Rental Cars, Orix Car Share is the third of the big three …
Kichijoji (吉祥寺) is a lovely little neighborhood on the West side of Tokyo, situated on the Chuo, Sobu and Inokashira …
See our guide to Tokyo Halloween celebrations 2016. Gather round, cheapo ghoulies and ghosties; the haunting season has …
If you live anywhere long enough as a foreigner, you’re bound to feel homesick at some point, and doubly so for …
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 …
There are several things to do in the broader Morishita area, east of Sumida River, but Cattlea alone is almost worth …
Looking to do something way, way off the beaten track? Take yourself on a tour that is so far removed from the usual …