About Types of Restaurants in Japan While there many types of restaurants in Japan (e.g. those that specialise in grilled meat, others in soba,…View Post Share
View Post 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…View Post Share
View Post 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…View Post Share
View Post 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…View Post Share
View Post 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…View Post Share
View Post About Getting to Central Tokyo from Haneda Airport Tokyo International Airport—more commonly known as Haneda Airport—is 15km from Tokyo Station in Ota Ward. It has facilities…View Post Share
View Post 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…View Post Share
View Post About 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…View Post Share
About Farmers Markets in Tokyo There are a number of regularly occurring food markets in the capital that are not included in the…View Post Share
View Post 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…View Post Share
View Post 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…View Post Share
View Post 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…View Post Share