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It was just a couple of minutes until foamed milk mountains turned into a Shiba Inu dog reading a Tokyo Weekender magazine. “Here you go,” said Kohei Matsuno, turning around the cup…
By Shinobu Ishikawa
Venture into Tokyo Swiss Inn and you’ll immediately be tickled in the nostrils by the unmistakable aroma of cheese. While residing in an inconspicuous building in the glow of Tokyo Tower, the…
By Ciaran Lawler
I’m not sure whether I should tell you this. I feel like my relationship with Yonago is a dirty little secret, an exultant affair that I had behind Tokyo’s back, and that…
By Phoebe Amoroso
“We’re not an authentic Argentinian restaurant nor do we claim to be,” says Yoshito Izawa, the manager at Don Gaucho, one of the few Argentinian barbeque restaurants in Tokyo. “We adapt the…
By Paula Chiarino
Poland and Japan might seem like they are worlds apart, but they actually have some things in common. They both have Russia for a neighbor and they have the same word for…
By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
The art of British baking is one that the whole world has come to collectively appreciate in recent years. Mornington Crescent, a cooking school and bakery situated a scone’s throw from Tokyo…
Time moves slowly at Kaffeehaus, a café and lending library tucked away in a quiet, leafy suburban neighborhood, just across from Nogawa Park in Chofu, Tokyo. The natural warmth of wood is…
By Louise George Kittaka
Located on the 39th floor of Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Otemachi, Virtù (stylized as VIRTÙ) is a sleek and stylish cocktail bar employing Japanese techniques to reinterpret classic French flavors. US-born…
By Matthew Hernon
Current global food trends include a plant-forward diet, plant-based foods and locavore dining. Some destination restaurants are making radical changes to their menus in order to be categorized as completely vegetarian. Meanwhile,…
By Yukari Sakamoto
Occupying the top seven floors of the 36-story Kioi Tower, the Prince Gallery Hotel Tokyo Kioicho is a luxury establishment that opened its doors in 2016. It’s the first-ever luxury, five-star hotel…
By Yuka Sato
If you haven’t decided what to do this Christmas, then now is the time. Every hotel in Tokyo has limited-time offers, whether a multi-course dinner or a take-away party package. We rounded…
By Weekender Editor
Despite Japan’s proximity to South East Asia, it can be tricky to locate restaurants offering the authentic tastes that these countries are best known for. Indonesian cuisine in particular, with its generous…
By Samantha Low
