Don't miss these food and drink festivals in Tokyo this weekend – November 15-17 2019
Tokyo's one big buffet spread: fresh seafood, baked goods, whiskies and more
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Japan Fisherman's Festival
Whether it’s super-fresh sashimi, chargrilled crab or rice bowls topped with copious amount of ikura, here’s your chance to fill up on seafood...
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Hachioji Ginkgo Festival
It's one of the most popular spots in the whole of Tokyo for autumn leaves...
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Design Festa vol. 50
Whether it’s visual art, fashion, handicrafts or avant-garde performance that gets your juices flowing, you’ll find it at this sprawling cultural jamboree...
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Dance
Shibuya Street Dance Week
Japan's biggest street dance bash returns to Yoyogi Park with a programme composed of performances, open 'dance battles', classes and even a contest for high school dance teams...
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Autumn Leaves Festival
Showa Kinen Park is the most beautiful in autumn...
As one of the world's greatest food cities, the choices in Tokyo can be overwhelming. So start these 10 iconic Tokyo-born dishes
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Best cheap Michelin-star meals in Tokyo
Michelin-starred restaurants aren’t all expensive. Here’s where and how you can enjoy a top-rated meal for about ¥1,000 – or less
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Best budget sushi in Tokyo
Forget the pricey omakase sushi – try these cheap and cheerful conveyor-belt and standing sushi restaurants instead
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Best restaurants for Japanese breakfast in Tokyo
Forget eggs and toast – start your morning right with a traditional Japanese breakfast instead
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The 100 best restaurants in Tokyo you have to try
Feast your eyes on the best restaurants in Tokyo: from hearty cheap eats to modern Japanese cuisine and Michelin-starred stalwarts. Get ready for the culinary adventure of a lifetime
JR Yamanote line to suspend 11 stations this Saturday November 16
Oh, the reliable Yamanote line. We always depend on Tokyo's favourite green train to take us in a looped route around central Tokyo, hitting up all the best...
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Don't miss these food and drink festivals in Tokyo this weekend – November 15-17 2019
The holidays are just around the corner, and with all the city's bright illuminations and colourful autumn leaves, this is also a time for feasting. This...
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Marunouchi Bright Christmas 2019 is a Star Wars-themed holiday extravaganza
Every year, Tokyo gets into the holiday spirit with a bounty of beautiful illuminations, including the brightly lit streets of the Marunouchi business...
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Final Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic ticket lottery for Japan residents opens November 13
The second and final lottery for residents in Japan to purchase tickets to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games will start on Wednesday November 13...
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This Hayao Miyazaki exhibition explores how the Ghibli Museum was created
Ghibli Museum is perhaps one of the hardest museums in Tokyo to get into: it is wildly popular, but mostly because tickets are often sold out as soon as they...
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Netflix's ‘Little Miss Sumo’ wrestles with sexism in sumo tradition
In 2018, when Ryozo Tatami, the mayor of Maizuru in Kyoto prefecture, suffered a stroke and collapsed while giving a presentation inside a sumo ring, several...
Where to savour regional Japanese cuisines in Tokyo, from Hokkaido's grilled lamb to Kyoto's matcha desserts and Osaka's takoyaki
Restaurants
Best anago restaurants in Tokyo
Saltwater conger eel, or anago, is a Tokyo speciality, and these top restaurants serve it in many styles
Getaway tips and ideas
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Where to get the best views of Mount Fuji
To see Mt Fuji in all its glory, take a day trip out of Tokyo to these scenic spots in Yamanashi and Kanagawa
Travel
Guide to Ogasawara: Tokyo's island paradise
Ogasawara is technically part of Tokyo, but these remote islands are a subtropical paradise unlike anywhere else you've seen
Travel
Best day trips from Tokyo
Escape the city chaos – the prefectures around Tokyo boast great beaches, onsen resorts, organic farming, hiking and vineyard tours
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Guide to Hiroshima: Best things to do, restaurants and bars
After the devastating atomic bombing of World War II, Hiroshima has risen again to become a beacon of world peace, and one of Japan’s top tourist destinations
As you can infer from its name, Eggslut is all about the humble eggs, but taken to new heights in a series of speciality breakfast sandwiches...
Shopping
Tokyo Bento Stand
This little take-out stand in Shibuya takes the traditional bento (boxed lunch) to a whole new level...
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Nuka
Shibuya’s new landmark tower Shibuya Scramble Square is home to this cosy eatery focused on whipping up authentic curry dishes...
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O/Sio
Yoyogi-Uehara-based French restaurant Sio has just opened its second branch in Marunouchi, bringing the restaurant's signature fusion of French and washoku cuisine...
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Yakiniku Like Meguro-Higashiguchi
Yakiniku can be difficult thing to enjoy as a solo diner, but Yakiniku Like makes the process simple with their touch screen menus and individual grills for each and every diner...
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Well Food Market & Cafe Imperfect Omotesando
Located on the first floor of Omotesando Hills, this new shop and adjoining café space offers a variety of sweets...
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Shinjuku
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