A wonderland of shops and malls touting everything from clothes and accessories to locavorean goods pretty much sums up Tokyo for the commerce-driven crowds that descend upon the city from all over ...

Explore the ultimate shopping guide in Tokyo as we break down the city's organized neighborhoods, each specializing in different types of shops. Discover where to buy everything across various areas.

Yukari Sakamoto is the author of Food Sake Tokyo and offers guided tours to markets in Tokyo. She is a graduate of the French Culinary Institute, a sommelier, and a shochu advisor. To experience ...

In 1946, anthropologist Ruth Benedict published The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture. The American government had tapped her as a researcher during World War II to help better ...

Explore the ultimate shopping guide in Tokyo as we break down the city's organized neighborhoods, each specializing in different types of shops. Discover where to buy everything across various areas.

Visiting Tokyo for the first time can feel like stepping into the future and the past at once. This vast, ever-shifting metropolis is all about contrasts: centuries-old shrines tucked beside glass ...

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Tokyo’s 23 wards, or ku, divide the world’s most populous city into digestible neighborhoods, often nicknamed after whichever train station serves them. The city’s biggest nexus is the ever-buzzing ...

A konbini egg sandwich at 3 a.m. shouldn't qualify as a formative culinary experience, but in Tokyo, it does. The 7-Eleven version costs about $2, arrives in packaging engineered to keep the bread ...