When it comes to downsized living, Tokyo has it all. Known for its capsule hotels and compact prefabs, now the city boasts 9.46-square-meter apartments. What the rooms lack…
“Koinobori” (carp streamers) fly outside of Tokyo Tower in Minato Ward on April 18. Carp streamers are strung up ahead of Children’s Day on May 5 to reflect…
Single O and its Tokyo-based outpost, Single O Japan, hope to ensure there will always be enough coffee to drink sustainably in the future. Single O signed on…
Little-known outside Japan, Shizuoka Prefecture hugs the coast to the south of Mount Fuji. Home to the Tokyo getaway of Izu, the prefecture is known as the starting…
Hidden on the side of one of Japan’s major highways in Shizuoka Prefecture, and a testament to the phrase “don’t judge a book by its cover,” Le Dessin…
People from around the world gathered for the annual FCI Japan International Dog Show being held at Tokyo Big Sight from March 30 to 31. The event is…
It’s the perfect time for 夜桜 (“yozakura”), or viewing cherry blossoms at night. Countless people head to Tokyo’s Ueno Park every year to see the cherry blossoms in…
Big events demands big burgers, right? And this one is indeed BIG. . . . . . . #food #instafood #burgers #hamburgers #emperor #abdication #バーガー ＃ハムバーガー
Day or night, night or day, what’s not to love about this time of year in Japan? . . . . . . #hanami #sakura #cherryblossoms #花見 #桜
Moments after it was announced on Monday that the next Imperial era would be called Reiwa, calligrapher Fuka Ryo drew the two kanji characters that make up the…
Ahead of the abdication of Emperor Akihito at the end of April, the name of the new era was announced Monday morning by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga.…
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Flag and Paralympic Flag Tour began October 2016 and, over a three-year period, they were taken through Japan’s 47 prefectures ahead of the Summer…
It’s that time of year when Japan takes on a pink hue as cherry trees blossom across Japan. The weeping cherry, known as “shidarezakura” in Japanese, tend to…
In this week’s Timeout, Alex Martin looks at the flower business in Japan. He writes: “In a shrinking industry, independent florists such as [Tsuyoshi] Hirasawa often endure long,…
Over one million people use Tokyo’s Yamanote Line every day. But who is the person who drives the train? The responsibility for making sure those trains arrive on…