Culture Visit Yokohama’s Hikawa Maru Larry Knipfing If you have never stepped onto the deck of a real ocean liner, then you are in for a treat. At 12,000 tons, the Hikawa Maru i...
Food Kawamura-ya 111-year-old Soba Shop Tomoko Kamishima If I happen to be close to Sakuragi-cho during lunchtime, my feet go toward Kawamura-ya soba shop and my mouth orders “Ika-te...
Area Odaiba Ash Odaiba is a the place that’s closest to my heart in Tokyo—at least as close a place a man-made island in the middle of Tokyo ...
Culture A Visit to the Yokohama Creativecity Center Etsuko Yamada Beautiful old building housing Art Deco art space
Culture Hikarigaoka Park Ash Hikarigaoka now is an area filled with so much greenery, it seems a world removed from the rest of Tokyo.
Shopping Kamakura’s Sankai-do Tomoko Kamishima Are you interested in Samurai swords? Sankai-do is a sword shop that has been operating for more than 100 years in Kamakura. ...
Shopping Marunaka Kimono & Kimono Goods Tomoko Kamishima A kimono and kimono goods shop in Motomachi, Yokohama
Area Shibuya Francesco Agresti If you could only choose one place to shop in Tokyo, then Shibuya is the place to be. Famous for its busy and colorful distri...
Beauty & Spa Hot Spring Resort Yunessun Francesco Agresti Take a long relaxing soak in one of Yunessun’s several themed hot springs.
Activities Tokyo Game Show 2025 Francesco Agresti Experience one of the biggest annual video game trade shows in the world.
