Tokyo is a city that never stops surprising me. I’ve been here on all of my 7+ trips to Japan, and every single time, I ...

A TOKYO MAGAZINE EDITOR TIRED of city life. A chef trying to find her niche and her life’s calling. Their paths crossed in 2014, and the result is the Michelin-starred restaurant Sanaburi in the ...

you can also type in ‘gachapon’ into your maps app and see what comes up. There are lots of independently owned gachapon shops all over Japan. If you’re visiting a ton of different places in ...

Hakone Sekisho is an impressive reproduction of an Edo Period sekisho on the banks of Lake Ashi. It is as if you've slipped back in time to the Edo Period. The ruins of the Edo Period Hakone Sekisho ...

Later, I took full advantage of my 10 years spent in Odawara, just 30 minutes from Hakone, one of Japan’s best-known hot spring towns ... I found a 17th century map with the names of castle residents ...

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In these cases, I think Japan has a great alternative: the multiple ropeways scattered around the country. Enjoying its 65-year anniversary in September 2025, one of the more popular ropeways near ...

Spanning 4km between Sounzan and Togendai stations, the Hakone Ropeway is a key mode of transport along the Hakone Golden Course, the onsen resort’s main sightseeing route. One of its stops ...

Two seasoned trip planners on how to best tour the Golden Route through five cities, including Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka.