8 Things You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: June 28–30 The Tokyo 2020 Olympics notches the 100th anniversary of Japan’s first Olympic medals as the…
How To Succeed in Business in Japan Without Really Trying So you survived spring recruiting season in Tokyo, hoofing it from job interview to job…
7 Things I Learned During My First 7 Days in Tokyo Seven days ago I landed at Narita Airport after taking my first plane ride in…
Inside the World’s First Cyber Maid Café: Akiba Zettai Ryoiki A.D. 2045 TW writer Cezary Jan Strusiewicz goes inside the world’s first cyber maid café, Akiba Zettai…
8 Things You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: June 21–23 Partially using steel parts from US army tanks damaged during the Korean War, Tokyo Tower…
Find Your Summer Reading Titles at These Tokyo Bookstores As digital as our lives are, there’s still something to be said about curling up…
Modern Japanese Butoh Dancers are Adding Pleasure to the Pain “There’s no mistake in the cat’s movements,” says professional butoh dancer Takuya Tsuji. There’s also…
8 Things You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: June 14–16 In his seminal tome, The Book of Sake: A Connoisseur’s Guide, Philip Harper translated the…
What is Japan’s Favorite Convenience Store Coffee? Coffee. For some, it’s a daily necessity, for others it’s simply an occasional pick-me-up. Some…
Go Beyond the Shops in Aoyama: An Area Guide Literally and figuratively rich, Aoyama is brimming with things to see and do whether you’ve…
Godzilla Has Risen Again But Does He Still Spark Joy? One of my fondest childhood memories is sitting in our local cinema in suburban Germany,…
Two London Musicians Captured Time on Their 400-Day Bike Ride to Tokyo Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days was, at the time of its publication, an…
Top 3 Free Weekly Events to Enjoy at Yokohama’s Isezaki Mall Shopping Street Stop by Isezaki Mall on select weekdays in the early afternoon to enjoy one of…
Antenna Shops: Buy the Best Local Japanese Delicacies Without Leaving Tokyo Do anybody else’s grandparents think that living and working abroad equals one very long vacation? When…
8 Things You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: June 7–9 Adjacent to the Imperial Palace, Hibiya Park was once the playground of feudal lords before being converted…
