Your ultimate guide to Tokyo

For Tokyo, expect red maple leaves and yellow ginkgo to peak around mid-November

From yellow ginkgo trees to red maple leaves – see the seasonal beauty at Tokyo's gardens and parks

All-you-can-drink deals at the best brunch spots in town, with free-flow champagne and sparkling wine

Head to Osaka, Kyoto, Nikko, Hakone and more with these cheap shinkansen and local train deals

Experience the world of music across 14 floors at Yamaha’s flagship store in Ginza

These unique experiences – from a night river cruise to a hotel designed by Tadao Ando – are the most welcoming in Osaka

Discover Beauty Symposium is a conversation about women in film, from Japan to Hollywood – and it’s free to watch

Plays, movies and documentaries on this accessible streaming service are available with subtitles, audio description and more

Where you can go to receive your free coronavirus inoculation, including walk-in centres

Everything you need to know about Japan’s Covid-19 vaccine passport – including how to apply for your vaccine passport

What to do and where to go to receive your free coronavirus vaccine

Overseas arrivals are banned from taking public transport – but there are private cars, train packages and special buses

The riveting anime series ‘Monster’ will be out just in time for Halloween, along with two feel-good ‘Doraemon’ movies

Listen to them on Spotify or watch the music videos on YouTube. Be warned: the songs will live in your head rent-free

This charming anime is all about the secret life of Kyoto’s geiko and maiko in training – and you can watch it for free

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

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