Your ultimate guide to Tokyo

Beat the summer heat at these water parks in and around Tokyo. They make a perfect day trip for family with kids as well

For cool cocktails and spectacular views, make your way to the best rooftop bars and restaurants Tokyo has to offer

Cool down with a cold pint at the city's top beer events and festivals, some even offer barbecue and free-flow deals

The heat stress index is updated hourly

Japan now accepts travellers inoculated with Covid-19 boosters from Janssen, Novavax and more

Travellers and tourists from certain destinations will be exempt from on-arrival testing and quarantine measures

Who can enter the country, when, how, and what quarantine will look like from March 1

Returning to Japan? Here's all the Covid-19 documents you'll need for a smooth and safe return

This edition of Discover Beauty Symposium explores ways to heal the natural environment for a sustainable future – and it’s free to watch

Free to read: ‘The one I want to meet’ won the annual short story contest by the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia

Highlights from Visions of Tourism – the new relationship between the value of experience and consumption

Highlights from Time Out Tokyo x ICF2021 Special Session: Requirements for a New Age of Tourism

Escape the heat with these unique shows and movies for every kind of mood

Locally produced, binge-worthy titles to add to your watch list

Recent Japanese movie and series adaptations that are actually worth watching

Learn about the history, flavours and techniques of Japanese cooking with Anthony Bourdain, David Chang, Niki Nakayama, Jiro Ono and more

Also in this issue of Time Out Tokyo magazine: Olympic venues in Tokyo, public art, top bakeries, and more

Read the digital edition of Time Out Tokyo magazines for free – or download the PDF version for later

In this digital-only edition: discover Japan’s most beautiful places, glamping sites, road trips, novelty trains and more

Inside this digital-only edition: Tokyo goes green, Japanese ice cream flavours, botanical gardens, virtual museum tours and food documentaries

Enjoy the prefecture’s famous fireworks, go on a river cruise, visit a 360-year-old festival, and more

The best experiences Saitama has to offer, including river rafting, a traditional sento bathhouse, an anime hotel and more

You’ll find izakaya serving pork skewers, an old-fashioned 24-hour coffee shop, a Scottish pub selling local whisky and more

These shops, cafés and attractions offer local mementos, gifts and food that you won't find anywhere else