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Don’t Miss These Japanese Music Festivals Coming in 2026

From seaside stages to mountain backdrops, here’s your guide to Japan’s most anticipated music festivals of 2026

Book Review: The Memory Police By Yoko Ogawa

Which do you trust: your memory or the crowd?

Top 7 Aquariums to Celebrate Sea Day in Japan

Celebrate Sea Day without going to the ocean

A Guide to the Best Independent Cinemas in Tokyo

Find your new favorite local cinema haunt

Morning-After Pill Made Available in Drug Stores In Japan

A major shift for reproductive rights

How To Do a Hanami Picnic

A modern checklist for ancient celebrations

Tokyo Neighborhood Guide: Sasazuka

Authentic Tokyo, one meandering turn at a time

Your Weekly Horoscope January 16 – 23

See what the stars have in store for you this week. World-renowned astrologer Cathryn Moe discusses love, money, luck and all else in this weekly series.

Events In Tokyo This Week

Asian University for Women Japan Benefit

Apr 09, 2026 at 6:30pm ~ Apr 09, 2026 at 8:30pm

Read The Latest Issue Spring 2026

Read our latest print magazine online and browse all the locations across Tokyo and the Kanto Region where you can pick up a copy for yourself.

Events

See All Events Events This Week Events Next Week

Katsushika Hokusai × Keisai Eisen — A Contest of Allure

Apr 04, 2026 at 11:00am

May 31, 2026 at 9:00pm

Hello, Spring! 2026 in TOKYO MIDTOWN YAESU

Mar 06, 2026 at 12:00am

Apr 12, 2026 at 11:30pm

Ultra Japan 2026

Sep 19, 2026 at 11:00am

Sep 20, 2026 at 9:00pm

SENJU FRESH 2026

May 03, 2026 at 9:30am

May 03, 2026 at 7:00pm

Paul Gilbert: Japan Tour 2026

Oct 21, 2026 at 7:00pm

Oct 22, 2026 at 11:00pm

Hibiya Festival 2026

Apr 24, 2026 at 11:00am

May 10, 2026 at 9:00pm

RAW WINE TOKYO 2026

May 10, 2026 at 10:00am

May 11, 2026 at 5:00pm

Ron Mueck Retrospective at Mori Art Museum

Apr 29, 2026 at 10:00am

Sep 23, 2026 at 10:00pm

Culture

Tokyo Comic Con 2025

The world’s fandoms converge

The Best Anime Songs of All Time

Certified bangers, no skips

Why Are There So Many Cats in Japanese Fiction?

Literary symbol or cultural cliche?

How to Lose Weight the Japanese Way

Wa – the art of balance by Kaki Okamura

Living

Tokyo Neighborhood Guide: Sasazuka

Authentic Tokyo, one meandering turn at a time

Japan Drugstore Guide: Acne Care and Pimple Patches

Practical treatments for breakouts found at drugstores across Japan

11 Biophilic Cafes in Chiba for a Nature-Filled Escape from Tokyo

Escape to nature with these cafés near Tokyo

Ama Divers in Mie: Japan’s Legendary Sea Women Keeping Tradition Alive

Explore the vanishing world of Japan’s ama divers in Ise-Shima, where sea women have free-dived for abalone and pearls for over a thousand years.

Community

Tokyo Life “Why are You Still in Japan?”

It can feel to some international residents like there are more reasons to leave than to stay in Japan. Thinking about your life here, why is it that you have chosen to stay?