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President Putin chocolate is one of five recommended items you can buy at this specialty food store.
A Beatle and a Nobel Prize-winning writer is just the start of what makes Iwata Coffee Shop so famous.
Take it from someone who actually had to quarantine — the rules are harder to follow than you may think.
JR East’s newest venture reimagines each of the 30 stations on Tokyo’s most famous train line as a singing and performing idol.
At a time when many small restaurants are going out of business, we speak to the manager of one that took the exact opposite approach.
Photos show iconic exterior being torn down, putting a giant question mark over the future of the popular tourist site.
We move into a capsule apartment in the iconic landmark, and find out it’s not all it’s cracked up to be.
These award-winning restaurants tick all the boxes for a successful first date in the capital.
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