Here's a one-day guide to exploring Shibamata in Tokyo's Katsushika Ward. Experience a slower side to one of the world's ...

Have you ever seen people in sky-blue checkered uniforms talking to foreign visitors on the streets of Tokyo? They are tourism volunteers who provide guidance in various languages as part of an ...

Since releasing our first guide map, ‘101 Things To Do in Shibuya’ in March 2012, Time Out Tokyo has created numerous maps covering the most popular destinations in Tokyo. With these maps, you can ...

Tokyo is bracing for an influx of 40 million visitors in 2025—a surge that eclipses even its own lofty past benchmarks. In a metropolis where centuries-old shrines abut A.I.-charged vending machines, ...

It doesn’t matter how many times you’ve visited Tokyo. It doesn’t even matter how many years you’ve lived there. There’s always something new to discover when you travel to the most populated city on ...

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 ...

Museums and galleries throughout Tokyo are gearing up for Art Week Tokyo, November 5–9, a celebration of the local contemporary art scene co-hosted by more than 50 venues. In lieu of a typical art ...

Jizo statues are said to protect the spirits of children who have died. InGhostwire: Tokyo, they’re dotted all over the map and you can pray at them to increase your magical capacity. There are ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Back in the 1980s, I visited a restaurant in Hong Kong with friends to eat Shanghai hairy crab, the much prized – and ...