Activities Tama Zoo Brandon Heal No matter how old I feel, I'll always be a little kid inside the confines of a great zoo, and Tama Zoo is a great one indeed,...
Activities Kappabashi Street, Taito-ku Michael Kaplan A great place to look at fake food or for restaurant displays as well as pottery, tableware, cookware, and everything you nee...
Culture Komaba Park, a green gem in Tokyo Sue Ann Kunath In a quiet residential neighborhood of Meguro-ku lies a wonderful and peaceful patch of green that is called Komaba Park, an ...
Culture Shiba Zojo-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Shiba Zojo-ji (増上寺) is located in the center of Tokyo, next to the Tokyo Tower, and only 500 meters distance from cool, ex...
12 Culture The Jizo Statues of Zojo-ji Temple Larry Knipfing For me, the most beautiful, saddest and unique part of Zojo-ji Temple is the rows and rows of clothed and decorated jizo statues
12 Activities Hiking Mt. Takao, Hachioji, Tokyo Adeline Ong Escaping to nature within Tokyo to hike one of the sacred mountains of Japan
Shopping The Old and Trashy Tateishi Louise Bonsack Only three stops away from the Tokyo Skytree Tower, Tateishi recalls the time when Tokyo was a town of laborers and artisans.
Culture Tokyo Metro Museum Ben Soonthornwacharin Tokyo Metro Museum is an interesting homage to the metro, well worth the visit for any rail fan and anybody interested in the...
Culture Former Iwasaki Residence & Garden Tomoko Kamishima British architect Josiah Conder, the father of modern Japanese architecture, was invited to Japan in 1877. The former Iwasaki...
Activities Entertainment at Yoyogi Park Nicole Bauer Throwing a frisbee, flying a kite or playing badminton in the open in the middle of Tokyo? Yes, this sounds like a typical we...
