Coronavirus: What Does a Tokyo Lockdown Look Like?

As cherry blossoms continued to bloom across Japan this weekend, a belated powdering of snow…

Take a Spell at Tokyo’s Ultimate Final Fantasy Staycation

On the 33rd floor of Royal Park Hotel in Shiodome, you can take a step…

Coronavirus: Japan Travel Restrictions

As the novel coronavirus rages across Europe and North America like a conflagration in an…

The Most Beautiful Villages in Japan

Otama village, a bucolic little settlement at the foot of Mount Adatara in Fukushima Prefecture,…

Coronavirus: Is Japan Safe?

These are surreal times indeed. The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has been officially declared a global…

Tokyo in Spring: Cherry Blossom Illuminations at Nihonbashi

Nihonbashi’s resurgence as one of Tokyo’s cultural centers is continuing in 2020, and its next…

Coronavirus: What Happens if Japan Enters a State of Emergency?

On Tuesday reports confirmed that Japan’s Cabinet had approved first passage of a bill allowing…

“Bizarrely transfixing” – We Took a Ride in Tokyo’s First Autonomous Taxi

I was lingering at a taxi stand in Tokyo’s Ningyocho district, actively trying to temper…

Discover Japan: Hakone’s Modern Geisha Experience

We stood face to face, both of us with our feet planted at their widest…

What Happens if the Coronavirus Cancels the Tokyo Olympics?

Coronavirus. Surely one of the English language’s most printed polysyllabic words in 2020. Front page…

Travel Japan: The Forgotten Stretch of the Izu Peninsula

In recent years the Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture has become one of Honshu’s primary…

Life After the World Cup: Japan Rugby Kicks Off 2020 Season

In the first rugby weekend of 2020, Japan’s top professional league, the Top League, saw…

5 Robots You Will Only See at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

The concept of robots that are subservient to our every whim is an underpinning theme…

Higashiizu: The Seaside Town Where Ancient Japan Still Thrives

As our car traveled alongside Higashiizu’s rugged and besotting ancient coastline, my guide turned to…

Japan’s Temples: Enlightenment on the Izu Peninsula

Before sending us on a tour of Saikoji temple, the head monk Muramatsu-san asked us…