The Ultimate Guide To Tokyo
The concept of Genka Bar is both simple and brilliant – after you pay 1,500yen to enter, all food and drink from …
If there is one thing I can say I have learned to love while living in Japan, it’s walking. I used to hate walking. If …
This weekend has a public holiday tacked on to the other side, so you’re gainfully employed then you’re …
Continuing on my culture hopping articles, I wanted to bring attention to a museum that I don’t think a lot of people …
Being that this is Tokyo, there is an excess number of unique places to eat ramen. Each shop can have it’s own style …
It finally, very suddenly feels like Autumn. Not long now until the time of ‘changing of the leaves’, …
How much would you pay to see a panda eat bamboo behind a thick layer of plexiglass? 50,000yen? 100,000yen? Try 600yen. …
The Tokyo National Museum is Japan’s largest and oldest museum, housing over 133,000 pieces of art and archeological …
Although the weather starts to get a bit wild and woolly about now, it’s still plenty warm enough to enjoy the …
Do you know what I always seem to have in my pocket? 400yen. I’ll be walking home from class; starving and trying to …
This weekend is one of those stretchy ones as respect for the wrinkled (is that disrespectful?) day will be celebrated …
As a member of the male sex, I have no idea what constitutes as fashionable. If someone tells me I have to dress nice, …
If you’ve ever taken the Keiyo line from Maihama station after a day out at Disney, you may recall having passed …
Even though the weather hasn’t changed a bit since the end of August (is it hotter?) the fashion industry wants …
One of the downsides of living in Japan is not getting a slice of American pizza. It’s not that Japan doesn’t have …
Hungry? …Do you like octopus balls? Wait, before you start snickering and sinking into the gutter, let me …
Although it certainly doesn’t feel like it, this weekend is the official start of Autumn. If you venture to your …
There’s a butcher shop at an open-air market in Bangkok that is invariably fronted by a whole pig’s head …
From wifi to sim cards, getting connected during a short-stay in Tokyo can be trickier than you might expect. For a …
Dance is the theme this weekend – watching rather than doing, unless you’ve been practicing long and hard …
KaraNet 24 is permanently closed. Internet “café” is actually a gross misnomer for this nine-story building in Shibuya, …
I wish someone much cooler than myself had told me about Shimokitazawa when I first moved to Japan, because the novelty …
A fellow lover of the outdoors and nature with rather an enthusiastic interest in fungi, Eringi is one of my most …
There is a slight calming in the summer action this weekend as we approach O-bon time, but there are still plenty of …