
TW Turns 50: Top Headlines from Tokyo Weekender’s First Issue
On February 13, 1970 (Friday the 13th), editors and publishers Susan Scully and Millard (Corky)…

July 2017
Breaking the rules of kimono – a new book shatters antiquated views of this traditional garment. Plus: The boys for sale in Shinjuku Ni-chome, best sake of 2017, Japan’s new emperor, and what really goes on inside “Terrace House.”

June 2017
Tokyo’s old soul is alive and well. We discover its essence in a retro shotengai, and explore its renaissance in modern Japan. Plus: Japan’s archaic sex crime laws are finally changing, secret gardens in Tokyo, and is North Korea a real threat?
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