Ultimate Guide to Spending the 10-Day Golden Week Holiday in Tokyo More than two-thirds of Japan will be traveling during the 10-day Golden Week holiday, so why…
Toyosu’s Transformation: An Area Guide Formed on reclaimed land in 1934, Toyosu has been transformed over the years into a…
Tokyo’s 5 O’Clock Chime – What Is That Song? One doesn’t have to be in Tokyo — or anywhere in Japan — for long before…
These Bite-Sized Sweets Embody Harajuku’s Kawaii Culture No sound provides greater contentment – or is more adorable – than the purr of…
“No Dogs. No Cats. No Foreigners.” Why Tokyo’s Landlords Need to Change Their Tune When my partner and I decided to move out from our tiny apartment and into…
Applications for Tokyo 2020 Ticket Lottery Open May 9 Gold medal Olympian Kosuke Kitajima, who took up golfing since retiring from competitive swimming following the…
Spring Flowers to See in Tokyo Post-Cherry Blossom Season Flowers hold great significance in Japanese life, art and culture, from ikebana arrangements carefully placed…
8 Things You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: April 19–21 It is a misnomer that sake is a rice wine. Sake is sake. Grapes naturally…
5 People I Saw During Cherry Blossom Season at Shinjuku Park During cherry blossom season in Japan the entire nation stops to appreciate the impermanence of…
What’s It Like to Be a Life Model in Tokyo? “What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the…
4 Events Not to Miss This Spring at Isezaki Mall in Yokohama Always full of life, Isezaki Mall in Yokohama has a thriving event scene. Drop by…
8 Things You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: April 12–14 On the first leg of her eight-month tour around the world, Moomin creator Tove Jansson stopped…
Best Tokyo Bars to Watch the 2019 Rugby World Cup This autumn 48 Rugby World Cup games will be played on Japanese shores. That’s a…
Kyushu Weekender Launches: Check Out Our New Travel Guide Magazine Welcome to the very first edition of Kyushu Weekender. Sister magazine to TW, which has…
8 Things You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: April 5–7 Shortly after the Tokugawa Shogunate relocated Japan’s capital to Edo in the 17th century, shrewd entrepreneur Takatoshi…
