Culture Anamori Inari Shrine Lantern Festival 2026 Elizabeth S In late August, gather with the Kamata locals to light a candle and make a wish on one of hundreds of handmade lanterns.
Food ASTERISQUE Cake Shop, Yoyogi-Uehara Anonymous This is a review of Asterisque cake shop. I describe the ambiance, location, and price, and make some recommendations.
Planning Tokyo's Sumida City Ward Sleiman Azizi Sumida City in Tokyo is filled with Edo Period history. Famous for its sumo culture, the area also boasts some fantastic muse...
Culture Ushijima Shrine Sleiman Azizi Located by Sumida River, Ushijima Shrine is a Shinto shrine that features a rare wooden miwa torii - a three gated torii - as...
Nightlife ULTRA JAPAN 2026 Geoff Day ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL is Japan's largest EDM festival. The world's greatest DJ's unite and battle in Tokyo's Odaiba Island in ...
Culture Sugito Town Lantern Festival 2026 Elizabeth S In early August, Sugito Town in Saitama Prefecture celebrates summer for two evenings with a lantern festival. “The Milky Way...
Planning Tokyo's Katsushika City Ward Sleiman Azizi Katsushika City is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo and is famous for its old-fashioned ambience. Temples, shrines, parks...
Culture Aoto Peace Park in Katsushika City Sleiman Azizi Aoto Peace Park in Katsushika, Tokyo, is a small local park distingusihed by its memorial to the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiro...
Culture Praying Before the Goddess of Mercy Reynald Ventura This is an account of a short trip to Hasedera of Kamukara in the summer. Among other things, the traveler discovers Kakigara...
Culture Ichinoe Nanushi Yashiki Sleiman Azizi An Edo Period farmhouse belong to the the high ranked Tajima Family, Ichinoe Nanushi Yashiki is a beautifully preserved prope...
