Rather than a city with a centre, it is more helpful to think of Tokyo as a ring, with at least five sub-cities dotted on it. Of these, the liveliest, most dynamic, and most representative has to be ...

He re-watched 'Demon City Shinjuku' and found new appreciation for its cool characters! The main character's 'Army of Darkness' attitude shines against the serious backdrop. 'By the way, you're pretty ...

This year's Shinjuku Terrace illumination takes place around the Southern Terrace and the Odakyu Group-controlled area that reaches toward the West Exit. The theme is 'Starfall Town', with trees ...

Shinjuku's famous "Golden Gai" (Golden Street) is a rabbit's warren of tiny two-story drinking establishments crammed into one city block a short distance from Yasukuni Dori and the Shinjuku city ...

Tokyo’s 23 wards, or ku, divide the world’s most populous city into digestible neighborhoods, often nicknamed after whichever train station serves them. The city’s biggest nexus is the ever-buzzing ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Megumi has a warning for me as we round a corner, as we turn from a wide, well-lit street into a smaller alley, as the crowds around us ...

It's back. "City Hunter," the Tsukasa Hojo-penned manga about a crime-solving "sweeper" for hire named Ryo Saeba (Akira Kamiya) was pretty much an anime institution in the 1980s, adapted into a string ...

Natsume’s latest River City: Tokyo Rumble screenshot release takes us through the Nintendo 3DS game’s story mode. It begins with a scene showing Kunio attending school in Ikebukuro, as usual, before ...

While Tokyo’s Starbucks Reserve Roastery, located along the scenic Meguro River, is temporarily closed for the hanami (flower viewing) season to curb the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, urban ...