9 Culture Repurposing an Old School Sherilyn Siy With a shrinking population and a low birth rate, more and more schools in Japan are closing and merging together with other schools...
Activities Manjushage Festival 2024 Mid Sep - Early Oct This carpet of over 5,000,000 bright red spider lilies beside the Koma River made it to the list of the top 30 reasons to visi..
Activities Top 5 Running Routes in Tokyo Sherilyn Siy Running Tokyo is in the bucket list of many travelers who run. With some planning, you can enjoy the sense of discovery that comes..
Activities Koma Shrine Thanksgiving Day 2024 Thursday - May 16th Koma Shrine celebrates its more than 1300 year history in a two-day event, beginning at 16:00 of May 19 (Saturday). On May 20 (Sunday),..
Food Affordable Freshly Made Udon Sherilyn Siy High quality freshly made udon does not have to be expensive. At Marugame Seimen Kamaage Udon, a chain with over 800 branches in..
8 Food Fine Dining For a Good Cause Sherilyn Siy Wakuwaku Mura Restaurant in Kawasemi is one of Japan's bestknown restaurants. The restaurant hires a French chef to train the..
7 Shopping Nihonbashi's Ninben Sherilyn Siy Dashi soup stock is one of the key components of washoku or traditional Japanese cuisine, and is made from dried bonito fish flakes..
Food Kaneko Hannosuke Nihonbashi Tendon Sherilyn Siy A small tempura shop in Nihonbashi that can seat 20 people at a time boasts of lines at average 1.5 hours waiting time (some have..