Tokyo is bracing for an influx of 40 million visitors in 2025—a surge that eclipses even its own lofty past benchmarks. In a metropolis where centuries-old shrines abut A.I.-charged vending machines, ...

In 1946, anthropologist Ruth Benedict published The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture. The American government had tapped her as a researcher during World War II to help better ...

One of the city’s most important gallery clusters is in the luxury neighborhood of Roppongi Hills. Named after the architectural structure featuring a glass pyramid, this modern building houses some ...

Discover the best things to do in Tokyo, Japan — from temples to tea ceremonies and neon-lit streets. Your ultimate Tokyo ...

Using a guidebook published more than 20 years ago, a writer searches out the bars and restaurants that express the city’s traditional eating and drinking culture. By Tom Downey Upon landing in Tokyo ...

Exciting things continue to happen in Tokyo’s dining scene. In the 2023 Michelin Guide to the Japanese capital, 200 restaurants were awarded at least one star — more than in Paris and New York ...

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 ...