8 Culture Mukojima Hyakka-en Garden Manish Prabhune Plum blossoms in late February and early March precede the more mainstream and famous cherry blossom season. Personally I prefer..
Culture Philatelic Museum, Mejiro, Tokyo Mary Kawai Postage stamp fans can view exhibits and enlarge their collections here.
Food Tenkaippin Ramen Peter Sidell With locations across Japan, Tenkaippin is a nationwide chain of ramen shops, offering noodles in a unique and tasty chicken broth...
Culture Cherry Blossoms at Ueno Park Jessica A Paje Ueno Park is located in central Tokyo and is home to 1,200 cherry trees that will flourish with pink magical flowers. The 133-..
6 Food Unagi Restaurant Obana Peter Lin Obana is a longstanding unagi (eel) restaurant in Tokyo and serves terrific edomae (Tokyo-style) unagi in a traditional Japanese..
6 Food Cafe de Ginza Miyuki-kan Peter Lin Cafe de Ginza Miyuki-kan is a well-known sweets cafe in central Ginza. Open since 1969, this French-style cafe serves sophisticated..
8 Culture Tokyo Station Covered in Snow Manish Prabhune Tokyo Station's renovated look has been attracting quite some crowds for the architectural beauty which was restored in 2012...
Food Kimuraya Bakery, Ginza Peter Lin Kimuraya bakery in Ginza is the birthplace of anpan and reportedly the oldest and first Western style bakery in Japan.