9 Culture Ueno Park - Sakura Season Susan Tumanon I often see Ueno Park on Japanese TV whenever cherry blossom season approches. I decided to see what the buzz was all about.
10 Culture Cherry Blossoms at Zojo-ji Nicole Bauer Zojo-ji in Tokyo during sakura season: The scene around the temple with salarymen and office ladies enjoying their bento unde...
6 Culture Tokyo's Koishikawa Korakuen, Bunkyo Ramon Geoffrey Evangelista Often underrated because of their distant relative, the cherry blossom, plum blossoms are still a sight to behold. Come visit...
12 Culture Akasaka’s Hie-jinja Shrine Tomoko Kamishima When Tokugawa Ieyasu set up the government in Edo, Hie-jinja was enshrined inside of Edo Castle (current day Imperial Palace...
Culture Tokyo Koenji Awa Odori 2024 Kevin John Hutt This dance festival is held annually on the last or second to last weekend of August. Dancing lasts exactly 3 hours, but fest...
9 Culture Plastic Food at Kappabashi, Asakusa Manish Prabhune Attractive synthetic food displays in Japan are sourced from Kappabashi, a street also famous for kitchenware in general.
Culture Edo Tokyo Museum in Ryogoku Gaby Sun The Edo Tokyo Museum, using both historical artifacts and hands-on exhibits, guides and educates visitors through the transit...
Culture Ukiyo-e Ota Memorial Museum, Tokyo Peter Sidell In Tokyo's lively Harajuku district, the Ota Memorial Museum displays traditional woodblock prints depicting the 'floating wo...
Culture Shibuya: Where Monsters Meet Armand Vaquer Starting with 1999's Gamera 3, the Shibuya Ward of Tokyo has been one of the most-used locations in kaiju movies.
Culture Museum of Modern Art Tokyo - MOMAT Sue Ann Kunath The Museum of Modern Art Tokyo (MOMAT) has an interesting collection of modern Art pieces in Japan since the Meiji Period.