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Event Events In Tokyo This Week

COVEN JAPAN Album Release Party in Shibuya

COVEN JAPAN Album Release Party in Shibuya

Sep 11, 2026 at 7:00pm ~ Sep 11, 2026 at 11:30pm

Read The Latest Issue Read The Latest Issue Summer 2026

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.

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Culture

Celebrate Hello Kitty’s 50th Birthday

Celebrate Hello Kitty’s 50th Birthday

The birthday and history of a global icon

Tokyo Trends: 11 Best Work Bags To Buy in Japan This Fall

Tokyo Trends: 11 Best Work Bags To Buy in Japan This Fall

Function without sacrificing style

Tokyo Trends: Blokette

Tokyo Trends: Blokette

Buy “The It Girl” trends this season
Featured Artists for October 2024 – LOVEHO SELECTS

Featured Artists for October 2024 – LOVEHO SELECTS

Check out October’s featured Tokyo creatives!
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Living

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

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

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.
Things to Do in Tokyo in March 2026

Things to Do in Tokyo in March 2026

Cherry blossoms, marathons, immersive art and spring festivals
Tokyo Neighborhood Guide: Thrifting in Shimokitazawa

Tokyo Neighborhood Guide: Thrifting in Shimokitazawa

Where to start your secondhand journey in Tokyo’s thrift city
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Community

June Community News

June Community News

Around the neighborhood this June

Raising A Child with Disabilities Abroad

Raising A Child with Disabilities Abroad

And the added complications of living abroad
Saving Athletes: Seiji Iinuma’s Fight Against Sudden Death in Sports in Japan

Saving Athletes: Seiji Iinuma’s Fight Against Sudden Death in Sports in Japan

A lifesaver’s mission to make sports safer, in and out of the water

Corporate Social Responsibility in Japan: Trends and Insights

Corporate Social Responsibility in Japan: Trends and Insights

Pairing for mutual benefit
Executive Fight Night VII “Lucky 7”

Executive Fight Night VII “Lucky 7”

Tokyo’s executives raise their fists for an important cause
Executive Fight Night VII – “Lucky 7”

Executive Fight Night VII – “Lucky 7”

Tickets Available Now!
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Travel

Spanning Snow, Sea and Tradition – Japan United in Sport

Spanning Snow, Sea and Tradition – Japan United in Sport

Skiing in Hokkaido, beaches and karate in Okinawa… Japan is a country with huge natural and sporting variation.

KYOTOGRAPHIE 2018

KYOTOGRAPHIE 2018

An interview with the Co-Founder of Kyoto’s renowned photography festival
Three Days in Shiga Prefecture

Three Days in Shiga Prefecture

Travel Through Old Japan
Okinawa’s Ishigaki Island

Okinawa’s Ishigaki Island

A relaxing, child-friendly family vacation at Club Med Kabira Ishigaki
Home-cooked Homestay

Home-cooked Homestay

Nagomi Visit offers a casual cultural exchange
Hyatt Centric Ginza

Hyatt Centric Ginza

A new style of luxury in the inner city
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Dining

La Cabina

La Cabina

From Mexico to Japan con amor, meet Haim Cifuentes
The Taste of Mumbai Meets the Glitz of Ginza at Ginza Lamb House 

The Taste of Mumbai Meets the Glitz of Ginza at Ginza Lamb House 

Carefully selected, crystal-grilled lamb in Tokyo 
mesm Hotel’s Afernoon Tea

mesm Hotel’s Afernoon Tea

mesmerizing the five senses
The Story of the Humble Kebab

The Story of the Humble Kebab

Celebrating the chefs and workers behind the spiced meat counters of Tokyo
Bistro Prime Lamb

Bistro Prime Lamb

Japan’s first dedicated lamb bistro
Park Hyatt Tokyo – Girandole Summer Menu 2022

Park Hyatt Tokyo – Girandole Summer Menu 2022

French brasserie cuisine with a Japanese twist
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Western Movies in Japanese Cinemas

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