How this year’s Marunouchi winter lights are an “ART WALK”, too!
The elegant champagne gold winter lights around Marunouchi Naka-Dori Street are a Tokyo winter tradition. Celebrating its 21st year, “Marunouchi Illumination 2022” has started on November 10th! A special way to enjoy the beautiful sight is by walking through the … Read more
3 reasons you should visit Akihabara’s famous maid cafe “at-home cafe”
Maid cafes and “concept cafes” have played a big part in Akihabara’s subculture scene for many years now and they are still evolving. With a total of over 200 cafes, it can be hard to choose one. I visited the … Read more
Two annual fall book events are back! A stroll through Tokyo’s book town
From retro books and magazines, Japanese block prints, old maps, and cute picture books to the latest comics, technical books, and novels, Kanda-Jimbocho is a book lover’s heaven! The upcoming events “Kanda Secondhand Book Festival” and “Jimbocho Book Festival” make … Read more
Tokyo International Film Festival – Tickets go on sale today!
Tickets for the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) are now on sale! From October 24th to November 2nd, 111 movies will be screened in nine sections. Over its ten-day period, many events are going to take place in the streets … Read more
Treasure hunting at the opening exhibition of “Seikado Bunko Art Museum”!
This month, a new museum for Japanese and Oriental art opened its doors in the Marunouchi area around Tokyo Station! The Seikado Bunko Art Museum moved locations from Setagaya into the historic Meiji Seimei Kan Building, which was big news … Read more
Hotel New Otani Tokyo – Special Hamburger Feature!
Hotel New Otani Tokyo has many first-class restaurants, including French, Chinese, and Japanese cuisine. And among them, some restaurants serve hamburgers made with carefully selected high-quality ingredients…and a lot of love! This time, we introduce the luxurious hamburgers of Hotel … Read more
“Another Japan” specialty store managed by students from all over Japan
“Another Japan”, which opened near Tokyo Station in August this year, is a specialty store run by students from different areas of Japan. They handle everything, from business negotiations with artists and craftsmen to the store layout, PR, and customer … Read more
Tokyo’s Kanda area is a curry paradise! Join the “Kanda Curry Stamp Rally 2022”!
With over 400 cutty restaurants, the Kanda area in Tokyo is one of Japan’s leading curry towns. The gourmet event “Kanda Curry Stamp Rally” which takes place every fall/winter has started! Joining is easy! If you eat curry at more … Read more
Yukata Experience and a stroll through a Japanese garden to cool down at Hotel New Otani Tokyo
This time, I (Marei) tried the “Yukata Experience,” a service for staying guests at Hotel New Otani Tokyo (until September 4th), visited the “Shin-Edo Room,” a guest room with a wooden cypress bath, and then went on a stroll through … Read more