Tokyo Surprise!: Toei Launches Special One-day Pass to Showcase City Attractions The Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation, otherwise known as Toei Transportation, has teamed up with…
5 of Japan’s Most Famous Unsolved Crimes They are crimes that shocked the nation and bamboozled the police. Fifty years on from…
10 Things You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: December 7–9 When the Kamakura Shogunate formed in 1185, advisor Oe no Hiromoto established the governance system…
RoboCop, Aquaman and Terminator’s Harley: 5 Things We Saw at Tokyo Comic Con 2018 This year saw the third installment of the annual Tokyo Comic Con. Held in Makuhari…
Inside Japan’s Competitive Pole Dance Scene Where Students Start From 4 Years Old Recently a Chinese kindergarten made headlines when the principal decided it would be a good…
Experience the Sweet Life in Jiyugaoka: An Area Guide This quaint neighborhood in southwest Meguro known as Little Europe is steeped in history, culture…
Guide to New Year’s Eve in Tokyo: Top Parties and Traditional Events Sure, New Year’s is typically a family holiday in Japan where you get your fill of osechi…
8 Things You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: November 30–December 2 “My goal is to show girls around the world that we can do anything we…
Dog Socks Aren’t Just Cute – They Can Save Paws With winter rapidly approaching, keeping your dog’s tootsies warm and cozy should be of utmost…
Punk Doily: Proper Aussie Pies (That are Better Than Back Home) No matter how long you’ve been living abroad, whether in Japan or elsewhere, sometimes you…
Monster Party: Tokyo’s Surreal Alternative to the Maid Café The first thing you’re apt to notice about Monaka is that she’s only got one…
From Spy to Samurai: Solve Puzzles and Mysteries at Tokyo’s Escape Rooms “You must eliminate Black Max and rescue the scientist,” says the severe looking agent on…
A Travel Writer’s Retrospective: Top 11 Places to Visit in Japan The Japanese language is rich with poetic words which carry a deep meaning. One of…
Meet the Sake Brewers Setting Up Shop in the Arizona Desert, Minneapolis and Cambridge Deep in the heart of the American Southwest lies the sleepy, arid town of Holbrook,…
10 Things You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: November 23–25 With the nation swept up in Emperor Meiji’s obsession with westernization, 24-year-old British architectural prodigy…
