10 Culture A Walk through Kagurazaka Valerie Kor Kagurazaka in Iidabashi, Tokyo, used to have numerous geisha houses during the Edo period, some of which are still standing. Today..
Activities Yuzen Nagashi Kimono Silk Dyeing Allan Murphy When I was in the middle of the bridge over Nakai station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line and the Miyoshoji River, I saw 4 or 5 men..
6 Culture The Impossible Project Space John Carter If you thought the Polaroid camera is dead and gone you couldn’t be more wrong. It lives on though now under a different name:..
Activities Nu-land Sagami Yu Valerie Kor Experience natural, hot, black spring water at the kuro-yu in Nu-land Sagami Yu in Ota.
13 Culture Meet Sola by Yoshimi Ana Skara Meet Yoshimi, a young Japanese designer who has a passion for creating small goods from 100% cotton. Yoshimi sells his crafted goods..
13 Culture Oeshiki Festival at Ikegami Temple Todd Wojnowski Oeshiki is an annual festival at Tokyo's Ikegami Honmonji temple. Held to honor the death of Saint Nichiren, 300,000 people..
15 Shopping Hakuhinkan Toy Park Hannah Warren A toy store in Ginza, Tokyo, with gifts and fun for kids of all ages.
6 Accommodation Rooftop Views of Kamata Senén Germade Ten nights at Oakhouse Kamata 260, that means ten nights in a sixth floor room of an eight-storey building. When you live so h..