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Looking for something quintessentially Japanese for that perfect gift or souvenir? Each month, we round up some of our favorite artisanal items made by local craftsmen and designers. September is all about…
By Weekender Editor
Looking for something quintessentially Japanese for that perfect gift or souvenir? Each month, we round up some of our favorite artisanal items, with August being all for the foodies. Blissful Peach Sorbet…
Looking for something quintessentially Japanese for that perfect gift or souvenir? Beginning this month, our new shopping series features a roundup of some of our favorite artisanal items made by local craftsmen and designers. …
Hankyu department stores are one of the leading shopping destinations in all of Japan. Although not the largest Japanese department store chain, Hankyu has by now spread to nine cities all over…
By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
With the advent of the internet, brick-and-mortar sex shops have started to become less and less relevant. After all, if you’re shopping online, you don’t have to look another human being in the…
Prepare for hanami picnics or spruce up your home with these limited-time offerings at Tabisuru Shintora Market’s store. All of the items are made by craftsmen from the historic Japanese cities of Satsumasendai, Hagi, and Matsuyama –…
By Lisa Wallin
Head over to Shintora Tabisuru Market – an ongoing event just outside Toranomon Hills that promotes regions from across Japan – to join fellow culture and food enthusiasts for a taste of some…
For having officially entered rainy season, Tokyo’s weather is treating us fairly kindly so far this year – still, we have a feeling things are about to get pretty tropical. In that…
By PRTIMES
Come browse a variety of products that highlight the many sides of Japanese culture at the OMOTENASHI Selection retail event at Takashimaya Nihonbashi.
By Alec Jordan
If you are away from Japan, planning a holiday or even just reminiscing about previous trips, these music podcasts (and a Tokyo-based net radio station) will get you in the mood. This selection…
By Kim Kahan
Junichi Shimodaira was one of the first to take up an interest in Chicano culture in Japan in the 1980s. Just a decade before, during the Chicano revolution, Mexican Americans had taken…
By Paula Chiarino
If there’s one part of Tokyo that never stops, it’s Roppongi. But for those in need of a pick-me-up, stepping out of the train station and into the concrete jungle of business…
By Ben Cooke
