Tokyo (Page 38)
Edible Buster Swords, Materia dumplings, and Moogle desserts are all on offer at Square Enix’s rebooted Akihabara eatery.
Our resident soba expert ate at over 200 soba spots in the greater Tokyo area, and here are his top picks.
Spacious eight-person room makes a perfect base for shinobi missions in Tokyo, but passing up sushi counter room is a hard choice.
One of Japan’s oldest theme parks is fading away, but it might be magically reborn as a mecca for fans of the wizard school saga.
Stroll the streets of Electric Town at a time when computers and video games were just beginning to appear on the scene.
The only cafe in Japan where you can enjoy the company of a capybara, the world’s largest living rodent.
Japan’s oldest university continues to produce the best and the worst that the country has to offer.
Cafe offers a beautiful way to start your day.
Each blade is made by a craftsman from Seki using centuries-old traditional swordsmithing techniques.
From towering skyscrapers through to the world’s busiest station, this sprawling Tokyo ward took years to recreate in miniature.
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All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
New Pokémon cakes let you eat your way through Pikachu and all the Eevee evolutions
Disney princesses get official manga makeovers for Manga Princess Cafe opening in Tokyo
French Fries Bread in Tokyo’s Shibuya becomes a hit on social media
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Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely
Sold-out Studio Ghibli desktop humidifiers are back so Totoro can help you through the dry season
Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s
Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design- Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
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