13 Activities Makuhari Beach in Winter Todd Wojnowski Winter’s clouds evoke powerful images we don’t usually associate with beaches. Charcoal skies over a slate gray ocean. Sand w...
Activities An Easy Day Hike: Mt. Kobo, Part II Hana Joy Mt. Kobo Park is an easy day hike that offers amazing views of Mt. Fuji and a great place for a picnic or a day out of the city.
Culture Exploring the Refurbished Tokyo Station (2012) Christopher McLean With it's newly refurbished iconic red brick building, Tokyo's rebuilt JR station could be argued to be the face of Tokyo Pro...
9 Culture Berrick Hall Tomoko Kamishima Berrick Hall should properly be called a mansion: It's very big, has a beautiful garden and a large party room. The interior ...
7 Activities An Easy Day Hike: Mt. Kobo Park Hana Joy Mt. Kobo Park stands above the city of Hadano and offers spectacular views of Mt. Fuji and the surrounding areas. It is a gr...
8 Culture Good Morning Tsukiji Luke Braidwood Being a masochist, I decided to murder my weekend by getting up at the crack of dawn to visit Tsukiji. I missed the tuna auct...
12 Culture Tokyo's Imperial Palace East Garden Peter Sidell Inside the Imperial Palace's moat, the east garden gives you a both a tranquil green space to relax beside its pond, and a lo...
Culture 7 Lucky Gods New Year Pilgrimage Joe Peters A great New Year activity for the whole family - take a walk - collect your 7 lucky gods while seeing parts of the "old Tokyo."
6 Culture Sen-oku Hakuko kan Etsuko Yamada If you are interested in traditional Chinese ink paintings, visit the Sen-oku Hakuko Kan Museum. This museum exhibits and pre...
Food Jami Jami Burger Bar in Machida Jason Kuttner The best hamburger on the Odakyu line, Jami Jami in Machida.
