Activities Jingu Gaien Ginkgo Festival 2026 Mid Nov - Early Dec Fall is a wonderful time to visit Tokyo. The days are often sunny and temperatures are mild, making it ideal weather for viewing..
Planning Tokyo's Hachioji City Sleiman Azizi Hachioji City, one of Tokyo's largest cities, is dominated by Mt. Takao, a destination in itself. The city is home to the Musashi..
Food Modern : Coolest Restaurant in Town Guillaume Doré When Modern is retro, you end up in a lovely restaurant, with simple but tasty food. Highly recommended if you visit Kurayoshi in..
Food Homibing Kim Bergström Homibing is a Korean-style shaved ice cafe, with multiple locations in Tokyo. The shaved ice, known as bingsu, is similar to Japanese..
Culture Traditional Puppet Theater Sherilyn Siy The Shirakukushi Puppet Show Preservation Society is a troupe that dates back to the late Edo Period. At the shin-soba festival,..
Culture Broadway Christmas Wonderland 2026 Mid - Late Dec Every year, the Tokyu Theater Orb in Shibuya Hikarie puts on a special show for Christmas. In 2016 they started the Broadway Christmas..
Planning Tokyo's Kokubunji City Sleiman Azizi Tokyo's Kokubunji City is home to Musashi Kokubunji, a major provincial temple of the 8th century, Tonogayato Gardens, pos..
Culture Ainoshima 'Cat' Island in Fukuoka Shinobu Ishikawa About 270 residents and 100 cats live together on Ainoshima Island in a unique and fascinating way. Most of the cats are feral but..