Types of Restaurants in Japan While there many types of restaurants in Japan (e.g. those that specialise in grilled meat, others in soba,…
About Types of Accommodation in Japan Japan—and the regions around Tokyo in particular—have quite a number of different types of accommodation, from Western hotels…
About How Expensive is Tokyo? Shedding Light on the Myths One of the first questions that pops into the minds of many thinking about visiting Japan is, “is…
About How to Buy Tickets for the Sumo in Tokyo There are six major tournaments called honbasho held in Japan annually—one on each odd-numbered month—and they take place…
About How to Get a Suica or Pasmo Card If you plan on staying in the capital longer than a couple of days then getting a Suica…
About Haneda Airport Tokyo International Airport—more commonly known as Haneda Airport—is 15km from Tokyo Station in Ota Ward. It has facilities…
About List of Mountain Huts on the Mount Fuji Yoshida Trail As a general rule of thumb, staying at one of the mountain huts costs between ¥5,000-8,000 and a hot…
Tokyo’s Best Flea & Antique Markets A run-down of the regular antique and flea markets held in Tokyo. If you’re on the hunt for…
Farmers Markets in Tokyo There are a number of regularly occurring food markets in the capital that are not included in the…
About Why Do Japanese Eat Eel in Summer? At some point around mid-summer you’ll no doubt notice a fleeting craze among Japanese for eating eel (unagi). The…
About Tokyo’s Best Firefly Viewing Spots At the beginning of summer fireflies emerge for mating season and emit a special glow—understood mainly to be…
About Photographs from the 8th World Bonsai Convention The 8th World Bonsai Convention was held in Saitama Super Arena in April 2017. Below is a selection…
