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 need to..
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 estate..
Nightlife Pizza Salvatore Cuomo Todd Wojnowski The Pizza Salvatore Cuomo restaurant chain features good Italian food and a nice selection of alcohol, while being famous for its..
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, exc..
Activities Tsurumi Ryokuchi Park Jeannie Gan The original site of International Flower Expo that boasts a 100 hectare area with 2600 species of flowers and plants from from..
Culture Tenri-kyo Church Main Sanctuary Jim Swan The religion of Tenri-kyo was founded in the mid-19th century. Though sometimes considered an offshoot of Buddhism," it embraces..
Culture Makabe's Hina Doll Festival Elysse Hurtado Walking through the streets of Makabe is a little like hopping through time. But it is not only the architecture that inspires such..
Transportation Aso Kumamoto Airport Bonson Lam Aso Kumamoto Airport is where you can meet something new and something old