The “outer market” (jogai-shijo) is a mixture of wholesale and retail shops that sell Japanese kitchen tools, groceries, and seafood, and many restaurants, especially sushi restaurants. Most of the shops…

Many leading fashion houses’ flagship stores are located here, in the area with the highest concentration of Western shops in Tokyo. There are various facilities such as long-established department stores…

As is the case for most kabuki venues, programs are organized monthly. There is a given set of plays and dances that make up the afternoon performance, and a different…

It is Japan’s oldest zoo, opening on March 20, 1882. The zoo is in Ueno Park, a large urban park that is home to museums, a small amusement park, and…

Tokyo Tower is a communications and observation tower in the Shiba-koen district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan. At 333 metres (1,092 ft), it is the second-tallest structure in Japan. The structure…

Tokyo Sky Tree ® was born as a self-standing radio tower in 2012. It boasts a height of 634 m and spreads its name as a new symbol of Tokyo.…