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5 Tokyo Restaurants Serving Meals That Feel Like Art

5 Tokyo Restaurants Serving Meals That Feel Like Art

Good Eats: The Art of Attention

Japanese Luxury Fruits and Where to Find Them in Tokyo

Japanese Luxury Fruits and Where to Find Them in Tokyo

Where to buy fancy fruit and why it costs so much

Japan’s Captive Capital: Trillions Locked Up In “Dementia Money”

Japan’s Captive Capital: Trillions Locked Up In “Dementia Money”

The growing crisis of inaccessible wealth for Japan’s economy and families

The Door Knockers: Jehovah’s Witnesses in Japan

The Door Knockers: Jehovah’s Witnesses in Japan

*bing bong*

The Art of Japanese Handmade Jewelry

The Art of Japanese Handmade Jewelry

Hayakawa’s beautiful crafts

How the English Language Failed Banana Yoshimoto

How the English Language Failed Banana Yoshimoto

Looking back at the Japanese literary icon 30 years after the translation of her debut novel ‘Kitchen’

Based in Japan: Inside Rakugo With Katsura Sunshine

Based in Japan: Inside Rakugo With Katsura Sunshine

Translating Japan’s Traditional Comedic Storytelling

Your Weekly Horoscope March 20 – 27

Horoscope

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

Hibiya Art Park 2026

Hibiya Art Park 2026

Nov 13, 2026 at 9:00am ~ Nov 29, 2026 at 9:30pm

Read The Latest Issue Autumn 2026

Autumn 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.

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Culture

LOVEHO SELECTS Featured Artist: yesnos

Featured artist of February 2025

Review of “Too Big To Care: Adopt Sustainable Business Practices or Embrace Defeat” by Glen S. Wood

Review of “Too Big To Care: Adopt Sustainable Business Practices or Embrace Defeat” by Glen S. Wood

Can big business be kinder to society?

The Art of Japanese Plating

The Art of Japanese Plating

A highly codified process that makes food look as good as it tastes

The Best Japanese Indie Films You’ve Never Seen

The Best Japanese Indie Films You’ve Never Seen

A selection of Japanese films that redefine independent cinema

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Living

Tokyo Neighborhood Guide: Ebisu

Tokyo Neighborhood Guide: Ebisu

Tokyo’s effortlessly cool quarter

Japan in New York

Japan in New York

Japanese culture outside of the archipelago

Is Japan’s Cultural Aversion to Public Noise Suppressing Its Birth Rate?

Is Japan’s Cultural Aversion to Public Noise Suppressing Its Birth Rate?

Is Japan’s silence pushing families away?

San-chan: The Shiba Inu That Saved the World

San-chan: The Shiba Inu That Saved the World

How a man, a dog and the internet united for good

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Community

Vanakkam Thamizhagam: Tamil Culture Festival

Vanakkam Thamizhagam: Tamil Culture Festival

Tamil traditional sports, food and culture festival

Ultimate Showdown

Ultimate Showdown

The UFC returns Sept. 23, featuring the revenge match Shogun vs Saint Preux

September Community News

September Community News

Around the neighborhood this September

Tokyo Humanities Project

Tokyo Humanities Project

Bringing the creative together

Scratch Workshop

Scratch Workshop

Mirai Summer Camp: Tinkering and Coding for the Future

Making Waves

Making Waves

Four female swimmers on their love of the sport

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Travel

Hiroshima: City of Hope

Hiroshima: City of Hope

A dynamic metropolis of diversity and culture

Exploring Nara

Exploring Nara

Delve deeper into this beautiful, deer-loving city

Sendai at Sunset

Sendai at Sunset

Celebrating the city’s Pageant of Starlight in Tohoku’s largest entertainment district

Lotte Arai Resort: Luxury Skiing in Myoko, Niigata

Lotte Arai Resort: Luxury Skiing in Myoko, Niigata

Luxury complex opens in Myoko, Niigata

Discovering Fukushima

Discovering Fukushima

JET teacher falls in love with the troubled prefecture

Musing Over Mie

Musing Over Mie

Metropolis experiences the beauty and style of Mie Prefecture

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Dining

Café Nado: Yokohama’s Newest Korean Dessert Spot

Café Nado: Yokohama’s Newest Korean Dessert Spot

Bringing South Korea to Yokohama

Takadanobaba Ultimate Food Guide: A Tokyo College Town

Takadanobaba Ultimate Food Guide: A Tokyo College Town

Affordable Japanese, Southeast Asian, and Western Cuisine Off the Yamanote Line

Miyashita Park

Miyashita Park

What’s new at Shibuya’s trendiest shopping and dining complex

The Journey of Akatsuki Brewery

The Journey of Akatsuki Brewery

The organic beer brewery helping to revitalize the Tohoku region

Sake Market: Become a True Sake Sommelier

Sake Market: Become a True Sake Sommelier

Indulge in an unlimited selection of sake

Australian Restaurants in Tokyo

Australian Restaurants in Tokyo

The best places to get your Australian food fix in Tokyo

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Literature

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Japanese Movies

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Western Movies in Japanese Cinemas

The Union

Deadstream

The Fall Guy

Inside Out 2

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