As one of the world's biggest cities, Tokyo may seem daunting to first-time visitors, but these neighborhoods make it easy to ...

The official cherry blossom forecast for Japan is out. Find out how to view the best blooms this year across Tokyo.

Tokyo deals in specifics, not generalities. This isn't a city that reveals itself in sweeping panoramas but in momentary glimpses: the businessman who carries a Hello Kitty handkerchief, the ancient ...

There are some travel moments that stay with you long after the trip ends, a view, a scent, a small ritual that feels ...

I like to bathe in public. this inclination has so far failed to attract much attention because I live in Japan, where hot-spring hopping is a national obsession and the remarkable benefits of bathing ...

Using a guidebook published more than 20 years ago, a writer searches out the bars and restaurants that express the city’s traditional eating and drinking culture. By Tom Downey Upon landing in Tokyo ...

Justin Miller, a New York native, has lived in Japan for 15 years. Miller's seen tourists talk loudly on the phone in public and bring their shoes into people's homes. Miller says the tipping culture ...