Sugamo

Sugamo Jizo-dori (巣鴨地蔵通り) is a bustling shopping street near JR Sugamo Station popular with the older generations that…

Shibamata

Shibamata (柴又) is a temple town located in Katsushika Ward a 30-minute train ride from Ueno. Among Japanese,…

Ikebukuro

Ikebukuro is located in Toshima Ward about 4km north of Shinjuku. For high-school and university students living in…

Yanaka

Yanaka (谷中) is a located in northern Tokyo and a must if you have come in search of…

Ueno

Ueno (上野) is a key transport hub in the heart of old Tokyo. It is popular with both…

Kappabashi Street

Commercial street famous for selling restaurant supplies where tourists can buy cheap crockery and “fake food”.

Asakusa

Lying along the Sumida River, Asakusa (浅草) is in the heart of Tokyo’s shitamachi. It is unfailingly on…