(Image by Hajime NAKANO via http://www.flickr.com/photos/jetalone/5231270710/) Located on a bay and having rivers as convenient transportation routes, Tokyo has a…
(Image by Google Street) Origami, which is said to have originated in China, Japan, and Spain, is widely known in…
(Image by 士航 魏via http://www.flickr.com/photos/fudoc/14891889760/) Nezu Shrine in Tokyo's Bunkyo ward near Ueno Park is one of Japan's oldest shrines,…
(Image by Yuriko IKEDA via http://www.flickr.com/photos/lilyfan/8373365714/) Yomiuri Land is an amusement park located in the western part of Kawasaki, at…
(Image by David Pursehouse via http://www.flickr.com/photos/mdid/3895656935/) Sengakuji Temple (泉岳寺) was built just south of Edo castle (on the grounds of…
(Image by Yoshikazu TAKADA via http://bit.ly/2XSEDc6) One of the best-known symbols of Tokyo is the busy pedestrian scramble outside Shibuya…
(Image by Dick Thomas Johnson via http://www.flickr.com/photos/31029865@N06/16054943312/) Meet Japan’s Oldest 14.3-Hectare Zoo The oldest zoo in Japan, Ueno Zoo was…
(Image by Manish Prabhune via http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzumenonamida/16035904479/) Edo-Period Paradise Connecting the Sea and the Land “Hamarikyu Onshi Teien” (Hamarikyu Gardens) is…
(Image by .Martin. via http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinrp/32547930988/) The options for seeing Tokyo are varied—from busy trains to taxis and of course cheapo-friendly…
(Image by Ben Stiefel via http://www.flickr.com/photos/kheiligh/14209862463/) Co-founded by director Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli is behind some of Japan’s—and the world’s!…