Strangest Sights Of Tokyo
Tokyo is full of baffling attractions. Even more mind-bending is that most of them actually make perfect sense when you stop to think about it. Tokyo ...
Tokyo is full of baffling attractions. Even more mind-bending is that most of them actually make perfect sense when you stop to think about it. Tokyo ...
Lonely Planet | Ray Bartlett | Posted 04.11.2012
When most people think of Japan, what comes to mind is raw fish, Mount Fuji, temples and Tokyo. Few step off the tourist path, but those who do will b...
Posted 04.05.2012
The math checks out: For every famous landmark there are three hidden ossuaries, five unknown private collections and 10 monuments to human eccentrici...
BBC Travel | Lindsey Galloway | Posted 04.04.2012
Whisker by whisker, cats have begun to replace coffee as the top draw in cafés across Japan. In a country where many citizens do not have the time...
Kathleen Massara | Posted 05.11.2012
When we receive the announcement that we're about to arrive at Fukushima station, I momentarily panic.
Sarah Ruddy | Posted 05.11.2012
On March 11 of last year, just minutes after the earthquake, I woke to the sound of my phone. It was a message from one of my favorite former students in Japan.
Posted 03.11.2012
Every disaster has a half life -- nuclear disasters doubly so. But, a year after a tsunami swept away much of Okuma, triggering a meltdown at the near...
Tetsuhiko Endo | Posted 03.23.2012
The only sounds were of distant earth movers, the whistling of the wind and the call of the crows, for the moment at least the only true residents of Onagawa.
Karin Badt | Posted 01.01.2012
So at four in the morning, I went into the "massage room" and fell asleep while receiving a very decorous shiatsu massage by a man who kept reminding me to make sure my kimono was tightly shut.
Atlas Obscura | Posted 12.23.2011
Not all monks who attempted self-mummification were successful. When the tombs were finally opened, some bodies were found to have rotted. These monks were resealed in their tombs.
Posted 12.10.2011
Japan’s national tourism agency has announced plans to give away 10,000 free flights to the country to international travelers as part of an initiat...
Posted 12.03.2011
In a sartorial departure from the Hazmat suits, a group of Japanese Hula dancers dawned grass skirts and headdresses over the weekend to preside over ...
The Daily Meal | Posted 11.28.2011
These five alternative leaf-peeping destinations offer something a bit different than the usual, from Canada to Japan.
Huffington Post | Chris C. Anderson | Posted 01.06.2012
Filmmaker Alex Lee takes (@badassmusketeer) viewers for a slo-mo spin through Tokyo with a creative short set to Flying Lotus featuring Thom Yorke. ...
Melissa Biggs Bradley | Posted 11.15.2011
On my first trip to Japan, I loved its capital so much and so instantly that I want to keep it as my favorite city for a while longer. London, Rome, Cairo -- forgive me!
David Myers | Posted 10.30.2011
It's easy to over-indulge in Tokyo, but everything from the sushi to the cocktails are moments not to be missed. Every time I visit, I see, taste and experience something new, which increases the emotional tie I have with this truly unique city.
The Huffington Post | Rebecca Ballhaus | Posted 09.05.2011
After the earthquake triggered the tsunami and the tsunami sparked the nuclear meltdown, the world looked towards Japan - long an economic overachieve...
La Carmina | Posted 09.20.2011
At a Japanese maid cafe, customers pay good money to be pampered by cute, young girls in frilly costumes. The role-play goes pretty far. Waitresse...
The Huffington Post | Chris C. Anderson | Posted 01.06.2012
Located just east of Tokyo's Asakusa district, the Tokyo Sky Tree has claimed the title of "World's tallest broadcast tower" according to the tower's ...
Black Tomato | Posted 09.20.2011
Patrizia Chen | Posted 11.17.2011
There I was, happy to be back in my newly adopted city, where I adored the food and friendship surrounded me. Japan was good to me. I was young, a model and the Japanese public loved me.
Lonely Planet | Rebecca Milner | Posted 04.20.2012