Embracing the Unconventional with Utena Kobayashi
How faith in a steel pan transformed a university dropout’s life
Glen Wood on Battling Japan’s Problem with Paternity Leave
How balancing family and work led to a legal battle with a megabank
“Japan From Anime to Zen”
When and where did the tradition of hanami originate from?
Conversations With a Real-Life ‘Death Midwife’
Psychic practitioner Freya Bishop on ‘virtual vigils’ and death during the COVID-19 pandemic
Cycling Tokyo
The highs and lows of living in the 16th most bicycle-friendly city in the world
Ako: Spend a Weekend in a City of Legends
(And enjoy some of Japan’s best shio ramen while you’re there)
Tokyo Museum Grutto Pass 2021
Your art passport for the year
Events
Living
Designing Social Change
NOSIGNER responds to COVID-19 through art and innovation
Choice is Yours
Bringing fashion to Morioka
Salon Bon Bon
International hair salon specializing in the dry cut technique, Japanese hair straightening and coloring
TUJ Continuing Education Offers Discounted Courses Online
Tuition for summer semester courses reduced by 25 percent
Community
Travel
Dining
Brew
Forget beaujolais and break open some grain-based wine
Home Dining
Eat out and socialize in this new apartment building.
Half-Cooked Eggs
Ivan Ramen’s “eggscellent” signature dish
Ivan Orkin
The Tokyo “ramentrepreneur” shares recipes and stories in a new book
November Nosh
The latest dish on food and drink in the big city
In The Can
Tokyoites fall for tinned food in a bomb shelter atmosphere
Literature
Movies
