Activity National Cat Day (Neko no hi) 2025
In Japan, National Cat Day is celebrated on February 22. If you are a cat lover, you will enjoy coming to Japan this tim...
Japan Travel 101
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Food & Drink Valentine’s Day in Japan
Valentine's day in Japan is a Chocolate Day! Japanese chocolate confectioneries make 70% of their business through Valen...
Food & Drink OOTOYA
OOTOYA（大戸屋）is one of the chain family restaurants. I recommend OOTOYA because their menus are very close to home cooked ...
Transportation Yamanote Line Map
As I talked about Yamanote Line before, it is a very convenient line circling central Tokyo.It is a loop line circling m...
Food & Drink Kurazushi Ginza
Above the Uniqlo Tokyo, there is "Kurazushi" I have visited there the other day and is a good place to try affordable su...
General Information Hatsumode
What is Hatsumode?Hatsumode literally means Hatsu (first) mode (pay respect, visit) so it means paying first visit to Sh...
Food & Drink Tokyo Station
Most people visiting Japan go through Tokyo Station. It is so large and complicated, even Japanese people get confused i...
Shopping Hands (former Tokyu Hands)
Hands is one of my favorite shop in Japan. I can easily spend few hours there. What is Hands?Hands (formerly Tokyu Hands...
Activity Yokohama
General information Yokohama is the second largest city in Japan after Tokyo. It is close to Tokyo (about 30 minutes fro...
Shopping UNIQLO GINZA
One of the most popular shop in Japan is UNIQLO. UNIQLO GINZA is the global flagship store and is one of the largest Uni...