Tokyo Station
If you don’t like changing trains, Tokyo Station is probably your best bet for a starting point.
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For a limited time, one of Japan’s most popular snacks will be available in special Japanese flavors and featuring Tokyo landmarks etched in chocolate!
It’s more than 10 times more expensive than a typical bento, but is this Tokyo Station luxury worth the price?
Mascot Kero-chan will even be on hand to greet fans as part of celebration of the anime magical girl’s return to TV.
As 2017 begins to draw to a close, it’s time to look back at the year that was, and for Tokyo Station it was a year filled with glorious sweets.
Short on time to pick which bento to buy before your train leaves? Let us help you choose.
Come with us as we take you through some of the interesting things you can discover inside one of the country’s most historic stations and the busiest train station in the world.
Tokyo finally has an actual store filled with beauty and fashion goods aimed at anime-loving adults!
Japan’s reigning monarch steps out into town with his wife and several dozen bodyguards and attendants.
Every day, thousands of commuters and tourists passing through Tokyo Station have to fight against decades’ worth of video game-developed conditioned responses.
Whether you call it Bavarian cream or Bavarois, the classic dessert generally isn’t much to look at. Since traditional Bavarian cream itself is just a beige lump (being cream, after all), many chefs choose to drizzle a brightly colored fruit sauce on top of it. And while that definitively adds some much needed visual pizzazz, if you’re after a dessert that’s as captivatingly beautiful as it is mouth-wateringly tempting, this Tokyo pastry shop’s Bavarian cream that includes edible flowers is basically a work of art that you can eat.
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