7 Shopping The Tintin Store Kim Bergström If you're a fan of the Belgian comic Tintin, you're in luck when visiting Tokyo. The Tintin Store stocks a range of merchandise,..
Nightlife Bar Ikioi Kim Bergström Bar Ikioi specializes in sake - and lots of it. There are seventy different brews available at any one time, from all across the..
Culture A Taste of Chiba’s Heritage Aya Irshaid A visit to Chiba Castle and Inage house, for quick and beautiful experience of Chiba's history and Japanese architecture.
14 Activities Tsuta no Hosomichi Hiking Trail Peter Sidell In Utsunoya in the outskirts of Shizuoka City in central Japan, Tsuta no Hosomichi is a fairly easy hiking trail, up and down a..
Spanning Snow, Sea and Tradition Featured Japan's success at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games has awakened a more general interest in sports and outdoor activities..
Food Tokitarazu Tom Roseveare TOKITARAZU is hard to miss – its entranceway decorated in a traditional, white noren curtain and sake barrels, hiding a wooden..
15 Culture Public Art in Matsumoto Peter Sidell In the pleasant city of Matsumoto in central Japan's Nagano prefecture, you can find plenty of public art as you wander around,..
Culture The Samurai Spirit of Fukushima Prefecture Featured Fukushima Prefecture is Japan’s third largest administrative region, and home to one of the last strongholds of Japan’s legend..