Understanding how urban design makes this city work
Celebrate Sea Day without going to the ocean
Fresh, small-batch beer you can only drink at Orca Ginza Brewery
No more scratching with these Japanese mosquito bite anti-itch products
See Japan’s sex-positive past through 100 rare erotic woodblock prints, on view at a Tokyo Noh theater this summer.
Cold Drinks, BBQ and Live Performances
Editor’s pick of the best summer escapes around Tokyo
Check out this month’s featured Tokyo creatives!
Your monthly dose of new music from Japan
The English-language debut of Kyohei Sakaguchi’s self-help nonfiction writing
Painting the Dragon
This iconic “pleasure item” is pushing the conversation forward and normalizing masturbation
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.
Differences, similarities, and why these East Asian spirits are trending
Visas, jobs and the real way people make it work
Will Japan lead the AI revolution?
Tokyo buses are getting a redesign
Improving your chances of surviving the “big one” with WaNavi Japan
So fresh and so clean in Tokyo’s Little Korea
Welcoming spring with the impending tax deadline
License to ride
There’s more to Tottori than its well-trodden desert
The Annual TIF Charity Fundraiser
A shopaholic’s guide to the city
Exploring Osaka beyond the cuisine
Urban Labyrinth
The natural splendor surrounding Japan’s ancient capital
Shop wholesale prices on exclusive meat
Rediscovering Sri Lankan food in Tokyo with two of the city’s top Sri Lankan chefs
From rooftop terraces to kissaten and cafes
The new smokehouse that’s set to be the best in Tokyo
Catch your own fish and let top chefs cook it
al fresco dining and urban revitalization at Meguro’s new social hub
