- A Quick Look at Yushima Tenmangu Shrine, where Japanese Students Pray for their Exams
- Exam season in Japan In Japan, to enter high school or university, students have to go through tough exams, and entrance exams are usually a very i
- A typical day in the life of a Tokyoite in Shibuya
- 13:00: Meeting friends in front of the Hachiko statue or at TSUTAYA. The crazy scramble crossing is famous in Shibuya and is usually interesting to
- Take a walk in the Yanaka Cemetery, where the last Shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu rests in peace. (Tokyo)
- Welcome to Edo and it’s old world nostalgia. What do you imagine when hearing the word Tokyo? Some might imagine cutting-edge technology, young peo
- 3 Original Photo Locations for the Tokyo Sky Tree, the Tallest Broadcasting Tower in the World!
- Want to take pictures of the Skytree that are a little different? Follow our guide!
- Let’s hang out at the Rose festival during autumn at the “Kyu-Furukawa Garden”!
- Every year the “Autumn Rose Festival” is held Every year the Kyu-Furukawa gardens hold its “Rose festival” in the spring and fall. In conjunction w
- A masterpiece of landscape gardens in Japan. The cool urban oasis, ”Shinjuku Gyoen”
- Let’s go to the parallel world of bustling Shinjuku! Shinjuku is one of the busiest areas in Japan and has a constant flow of people all day and nigh
- Taste local countryside cuisine at an old Japanese house-style restaurant in Ginza!
- You no longer have to travel 4 hours to the north to eat Akita’s local specialties! You can taste them right here in Ginza, Tokyo! This restaurant is
- “Kanda Jimbo-cho”the town to find rare books is also secretly known as a town of gourmet food.
- A treasure box of rare old books. The ‘book town’ of Kanda Jimbo-cho. Do you like reading? I do! I love touring the second-hand bookshops, so I
- These cats bring fortune! More than 1,000 figures of “Beckoning cats” in Gotokuji Temple!
- Why is it raising its hand? The mystery of the beckoning cat. Have you ever seen this figure of a cat in the entrance of Japanese shops? This becko
- How to send your wishes to the gods in a Shinto shrine
- Sending your wishes to the spirits If you have ever visited a Shinto religion shrine, you may have noticed these small wooden boards hanging. They
- For July 7th - The power of the stars will grant your wish! The Tanabata festival at Kanda-myojin Shrine, Tokyo
- When you wish upon a star...
- Try out a public bath in Kagurazaka, a geisha district in Tokyo
- Feel the nostalgia from the Edo period Kagurazaka is part of Shinjuku district, in the middle of Tokyo. Naturally, you’ll find many large chain sto
- For 6th-7th July, 2019 - Make a wish at the Shitamachi Tanabata Festival in Ueno and Asakusa
- If you want to enjoy the Tanabata Festival in Tokyo, I recommend celebrating it in Asakusa and Ueno, two 'shitamachi' (old downtown).
- Kokufu will be full of festivities! Kurayami-matsuri, a carnival in the darkness of night
- The biggest shrine in Musashi province, Okuni-mitama-jinja Shrine The festival held in the darkness of night called Kurayami-matsuri, is one of the c
- The beginning of Japanese roads starts here at "Nihonbashi" in Tokyo.
- Nihonbashi, where Japanese roads begin. Nihonbashi (literally, Nihon-bridge) is one of the most famous bridges in Tokyo. It was built in 1603, and wa