Tokyo
Day Trips From Tokyo That Aren't Kyoto
Everyone knows you can take the bullet train to Kyoto. Here are the day trips that actual Tokyo residents take when they need to escape the city for a few hours.
Japan
Japan
The Onsen Experience: A Foreigner's Guide to Japanese Hot Springs
You will be naked. Everyone else will be naked. The water will be too hot. You will think about leaving. Thirty minutes later, you will understand why Japan has built an entire culture around sitting in hot water.
Tokyo
Summer in Tokyo: A Survival Guide That's Also a Love Letter
July in Tokyo will try to kill you with humidity. It will also hand you a bowl of kakigori, point you toward a fireworks festival, and dare you to complain.
Fashion
Harajuku in 2025: Beyond the Costume Play
The tourists still come for the costumes, but Harajuku's real fashion story in 2025 is quieter, stranger, and far more interesting than the Takeshita Street spectacle.
Tokyo
Shimokitazawa: Tokyo's Most Stubbornly Independent Neighborhood
While Shibuya and Shinjuku chase the future, Shimokitazawa digs in its heels and refuses to become anything other than itself.