Recently, Pignic Cafe in Tokyo’s Akiruno city held a work experience day for a student from Akiruno Special Education School. At first, nerves were rife…

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) has released “Tokyo Sustainability Action,” an English translation of a summary document outlining its efforts to realize the Sustainable Development…

Chocolate guru’s Godiva opened their first permanent cafe in Japan, ‘GODIVA café Tokyo’ , only last November, but already they are diving in at the…

Mention street art in Tokyo, and anyone familiar with the city will wonder what you’re talking about. Sharp eyed observers might have spotted a few…

Tokyo is built on the site of the old city of Edo. There are few traces of the old city, but the street pattern of…

The first modern department store in Japan was Mitsukoshi, which was founded in 1904. But in common with most of the country’s most venerable department…

I like to think that the layout of a city reflects the frame of mind of those who built it. Just as Beijing is a…

Tokyo must be the single cleanest and most orderly city in the world. Everything is beautifully well-maintained, there is no litter on the streets, and…

Anyone who has even the briefest knowledge of Japan, knows that the country is no stranger to quirky and cool characters. There are the adorable…

One of the striking things about Tokyo is the lack of mansions. The city certainly has wealthy residential neighbourhoods, such as Akasaka, Aoyama and Azabu,…

We’re living in an era where being sustainably conscious is an absolute must. With the world changing at an alarming rate, living in a sustainable…

Hokkaido based sweets brand, Good Morning Table, will open a limited time pop-up store at Tokyo’s GRANSTA shopping mall from Monday, March 1, 2021. Don’t…

Take a stroll around modern Tokyo and the city appears to be the epitome of orderly peace and calm. It’s hard to believe that it…

Much is made of Tokyo’s ability to blend the old with the new, as if a conscious choice had been made as to what to…

Tokyo has been described as the only major city in the world that really works. It’s quite an indictment of the world’s other big cities,…