7 Culture Tokyo Tower at Night-time Manish Prabhune The Skytree may have replaced the Tokyo Tower as a transmissions tower, but it still continues to have its place in our heart...
8 Culture Tokyo International Forum Yurakucho John Carter The Tokyo International Forum near JR Yurakucho Station is a a centre for art, food and shopping but it's worth visiting just...
8 Culture Eight Views of Tokyo Skytree Tower Senén Germade 'Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji' is an ukiyo-e series of large, color woodblock prints by the Japanese artist Katsushika Hoku...
Culture Shinjo Matsuri 2024 Hannah Warren Shinjo, in Yamagata, hosts this annual festival in which giant floats are paraded through the city.
Culture Yosakoi Soran Festival in Sapporo 2024 R.S. Reynolds A viewing of the intense and energetic Yosakoi Soran Festival in Sapporo
7 Culture Commuting in Kamata R.S. Reynolds Walking through the neighborhoods of Kamata on my way to my commute into Tokyo
7 Culture Kobe Chinatown Streets by Night Manish Prabhune Sodium lamps on silent streets of Motomachi Chinatown in Kobe create an intriguing oriental feel in the semi darkness.
12 Culture Onshi Hakone Park in Spring Tomoko Kamishima Strolling around Onshi Hakone Park and enjoying several kinds of cherry trees and a great view of Mt. Fuji over the lake will...
6 Culture Rikugien Gardens Light Up Manish Prabhune Beautiful light up of Rikugien Gardens in autumn and spring—a major attraction in the northern suburbs of Tokyo.
11 Culture Strolling Sannenzaka Ninenzaka Bonson Lam Moments from the Geishas of Gion can be found the ma and pa shops of Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka. You can buy textiles, accessor...