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Fresh from a run with his dog Hazy, Justin Mackee is now seated with a coffee as he picks at his egg sandwich. It’s been about four months since I last saw him…
By Samantha Low
TW is collaborating with Tokyo-based illustrator Jean Freund for a limited series, ‘Bon Voyage Tokyo’. Every Monday from April 5, Freund will write about his experience as he develops and draws for…
By Jean Freund
Spring is a busy period in Japan; a revolving-door time of year with employees jumping between company departments, students graduating and others enrolling, and the cherry blossoms capturing the hearts of the…
By David McElhinney
With the official arrival of Spring in March, various parts of Shinjuku are starting off the season with seasonal events, newly opened restaurants and limited-time pop-up shops. This month, food seems to…
By Sayaka Mitsui
Cherry blossom season in Japan is one of the most anticipated events after the New Year’s celebrations. In Tokyo, the pink flowers come out towards the end of March but in Tohoku,…
By Lisandra Moor
It’s the time of the year where we let sakura invade all our senses. We want to see, smell and taste them everywhere: in photographs, on the trees, cascading to the ground…
By Alexandra Ziminski
Known as the “Sake Kingdom” of Japan, few prefectures can compete with Fukushima when it comes to nihonshu. A region boasting some of the country’s highest quality rice and crystal clear locally…
By Matthew Hernon
As we approach the end of what is hopefully Tokyo’s final state of emergency this year, White Day, or the second Valentine in Japan in mid-March, is a key theme of this…
The weather is warming up and with it the compulsion to explore and discover. Luckily, Tokyo obliges with numerous anniversaries this final February weekend, including our favorite samurai and children’s book characters.…
By Weekender Editor
Come February in Japan, most people have had enough of winter and are already daydreaming about lying on a blanket under a canopy of sakura. The 2022 cherry blossom forecast is live,…
By Bunny Bissoux
As we enter the second month of 2021, Japan’s second largest city is having second thoughts about all the things it had planned for February. Due to the ongoing state of emergency,…
By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
Tokyo Weekender’s series TW Creatives feature various works by Japan-based writers, photographers, videographers, illustrators and other creatives in a bid to provide one additional platform for them to exhibit their talent. The works submitted…
