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Japan Drugstore Guide: The Best Purple Shampoo & Color-Care Products for Blonde, Ash, and Bleached Hair

Guide to the best and most affordable options

Book Review: Tokyo These Days by Taiyo Matsumoto

a quiet meditation on creativity, relevance and persistence

Mi Kasa Es Su Kasa? The Unspoken Rules of Umbrellas in Japan

From unspoken etiquette to environmental headaches—what’s really going on with umbrellas in Japan?

What It’s Really Like to Work as a Hostess in Tokyo’s Kabukicho

Life behind the neon

Meso: French-Japanese Fusion in Shimokitazawa

An innovative, French fusion bistro that is bound to keep you wanting more

Best Parks for Seasonal Flowers in and Around Tokyo 2026

It’s hydrangea season! Tokyo in bloom

Oxomoco Opens in Roppongi

The Brooklyn original earned its Michelin star in five months, the Roppongi relaunch brings a bigger menu and a bigger room

Your Weekly Horoscope May 1 – 8

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

Itabashi Fireworks Festival

Aug 01, 2026 at 7:00pm ~ Aug 01, 2026 at 8:30pm

Read The Latest Issue Summer 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

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Culture

What Niseko Says About the Future of Travel in Japan

A weekend in Hirafu’s luxury bubble, staying at Niseko Kyo and dining at Masonry

Tokyo Cafés Featured in Anime

Tokyo Cafes to visit in real life that your favorite characters dined at

MOMAT Spring Festival 2026

Celebrating spring at the National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo

Japanese Makeup Products Professionals Love in 2026

J-beauty Picks—From Tokyo Sets to Hollywood red carpets and K-Pop Stages

Living

Japan Drugstore Guide: The Best Purple Shampoo & Color-Care Products for Blonde, Ash, and Bleached Hair

Guide to the best and most affordable options

Mi Kasa Es Su Kasa? The Unspoken Rules of Umbrellas in Japan

From unspoken etiquette to environmental headaches—what’s really going on with umbrellas in Japan?

What It’s Really Like to Work as a Hostess in Tokyo’s Kabukicho

Life behind the neon

Best Parks for Seasonal Flowers in and Around Tokyo 2026

It’s hydrangea season! Tokyo in bloom

Community

Sumo Spotting: Where to sight Japan’s mightiest warriors

Find out how to witness one of Japan’s greatest sports and its athletes in a personal and enlightening way here in Tokyo

Opportunity Knocks

How BLINK Community is revolutionizing the traditional workspace

Mystery Memos

What’s your hot take?

EXPAT EXPO TOKYO 2022

Connect with Tokyo’s international community, businesses and services

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?