One full day covers Kenroku-en, the castle, Omicho Market, Higashi Chaya and Nagamachi, which are all within about 20 minutes ...

Nijo Castle opening hours, ticket prices, the Honmaru Palace booking, the truth about the nightingale floors and a two-hour ...

Shinjuku, Shibuya, Tokyo Station, Asakusa, Roppongi, Ikebukuro or Shinagawa? Airport times, hotels by budget and the 2027 ...

Yanaka Ginza's menchi katsu shops and hours, the Yuyake Dandan steps, Yanaka Cemetery and a walk through Sendagi to Nezu ...

Osaka or Kyoto for your base? Food, sights, nights out, tax and transport compared in one table, with train times between the ...

Japanese pottery explained: the six ancient kilns, Raku tea bowls, Arita porcelain, Hagi and Mashiko, and where to see it in ...

What visual kei is, from X Japan and LUNA SEA to Dir en grey and the GazettE, plus the look, the subgenres and visual kei ...

Shin hanga revived Japan's woodblock print from 1915. Who made it, how it differs from ukiyo-e and where to see it in the UK.

What a jazz kissa is, from Tokyo's first in 1929 to Eigakan and Basie today, with etiquette, books and the UK's listening ...

Every Osamu Dazai book in English with its translator, which No Longer Human to buy, where to start, and how Bungo Stray Dogs ...

All 16 Haruki Murakami novels in order with English dates and translators, the best one to read first, his stories, essays ...

Kintsugi workshops in London compared: taster classes from £35, epoxy or urushi lacquer, dates to December 2026 and where to ...