With its roots going back to the 1940’s, the modern day Omoide Yokocho area has been an ever evolving fixture of Tokyo’s west Shinjuku district....
This fascinating book is the story of the last generation of people to know the thriving metropolis of Edo before it became Tokyoーpeople who counted...
What is your image of Shinjuku? Perhaps you think of all the tall skyscrapers or the up-market department stores with all their luxury goods....
We are standing in Adachi, Tokyo, in a space normally used as a parking lot of a large fish market. Today, the space has...
A year since the ban on minpaku (lodging at a private residence) under the Private Lodging Business Act was lifted, changes in the way...
Visitors to Tokyo can find many luxury hotels in the Hibiya district, in the heart of the city, near the Imperial Palace and rich...
A multi-use urban development project will rise at Shinjuku’s famous Kabuki-cho entertainment district, promising to provide locals and visitors alike with new ways...
Wednesday July 24 marked exactly one year until the start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. In the Summer Games, the second...
Although Tokyo’s Rainbow Pride has already come and gone, the month of June is internationally recognized as LGBT Pride Month, commemorating the Stonewall riots which...
The “circus” may evoke nostalgic images of trips with parents to see clowns and elephants. But in 21st-century Japan, circuses are taking a different shape....
Taylor Bond For those based in Tokyo, travel expenses can be a make-or-break factor when considering whether to take a trip to regions...
Read any Haruki Murakami novel and it is easy to tell the inescapable grip jazz once had on Japan. Following World War II, when...
