A U.S. version can capture part of the mood, though the full scale belongs to the real trip. Tokyo’s size, density, transit ...

In 1946, anthropologist Ruth Benedict published The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture. The American government had tapped her as a researcher during World War II to help better ...

Visiting Tokyo for the first time can feel like stepping into the future and the past at once. This vast, ever-shifting metropolis is all about contrasts: centuries-old shrines tucked beside glass ...

In quiet Koto ward, away from the neon-lit skyscrapers and frenzied pace of central Tokyo, the Fukagawa Edo Museum offers a portal to a bygone era. It costs only a few hundred yen to explore this ...

You’ve finally made it to the promised land! Japan has always been a bucket list destination for many around the world. With Tokyo as the crown jewel, you can have a rich experience to last you a ...

In the decades since Michelle Mackintosh and Steve Wide first set foot in Tokyo on their honeymoon in the late 1990s, they’ve watched the city transform. It hasn’t been Tokyo itself so much, as the ...

Mention Tokyo and you’ll hear rave reviews from anyone who has been there. The food! The people! The shopping! Share that you’ll be traveling solo, and you may find they add a few caveats. “The ...

A Shugendo ceremony on the outskirts of Tokyo shows Daniel Stables a wilder, more visceral side to the Japanese temple ...

A konbini egg sandwich at 3 a.m. shouldn't qualify as a formative culinary experience, but in Tokyo, it does. The 7-Eleven version costs about $2, arrives in packaging engineered to keep the bread ...