Tokyo Maintains Ranking as World’s Third Most “Magnetic” City In terms of magnetism, or a city’s ability to attract enterprises and creative individuals from…
Learning Patience from Arborists of Old: The Evolution of Meiji Jingu Shrine’s Eternal Forest Breathe a sigh of relief: the hottest Japanese summer on record is behind us and…
The World of The British School in Tokyo It is now almost thirty years since The British School in Tokyo threw open its…
Trick or Treat: Top Tokyo Halloween Events for 2018 Halloween is truly a 21st century holiday in Japan. Tokyo Disneyland first introduced the Happy…
8 Things You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: October 19–21 The peaceful gondola ride from Keio Yomiuru Land station drops passengers into a glittering world of…
Sakura Surprise: Japan’s Cherry Blossoms Flowering in October Something strange is going on. While we’re all switching our spring/summer wardrobes over to autumn/winter,…
Bow First, Ask Questions Later: Book Reveals What It’s Like Living in a Japanese Monastery Gesshin Claire Greenwood is probably not what you expect to fit the image of a…
Tokyo Named Best City in the World for Third Consecutive Year Tom Cruise, who has visited Tokyo well over 20 times and once had a day…
8 Things You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: October 12–14 While most people will be lined up at the brand spanking new Toyosu fish market,…
Murakami’s Latest Novel a “Gothic Retelling of The Great Gatsby” The argument that an artist, be they musician, writer, or painter, should come under fire…
The Ultimate Guide to Autumn Foliage In and Around Tokyo Japan abounds in maples, ginkgoes and other deciduous trees that dazzle us with fiery colours…
Add a Splash of Color to Tokyo with Russian Artist Max Goshko-Dankov Tokyoites will have the chance to pick up a marker and color in-between the lines…
8 Things You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: October 5–8 Twenty years ago Japan created the Happy Monday System in an effort to increase three-day weekends. In the…
Tsukiji Fish Market Closes But Move Still Causing Controversy Affectionately known as “Japan’s Kitchen”, Tsukiji Market’s inner market — where most of the seafood…
5 Best Tokyo Music Venues for Dance, Jazz, Rock, Hip-Hop, Electro and More A music lover’s paradise, Tokyo’s alleyways, basements and arenas offer a mind-boggling array of music…
