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If you have a love of ramen then you will adore Ramen Tokyo, a site that offers reviews of ramen shops throughout the Tokyo Metropolitan area and was recently featured by The Washington Post. The man behind Ramen Tokyo prefers…
Japan is exporting the premise of many of their popular game shows to the United States. ABC’s I Survived a Japanese Game Show has been getting some good reviews and Fox is also producing a new show called “Hole in…
June 25, 2008 Free Bus Routes in Tokyo Take advantage of three free bus routes around in Tokyo – your feet and your wallet will thank you! The Marunouchi Shuttle operates in the area around the Tokyo Station and the…
When I asked “What do YOU want to know about Tokyo?” in May I got a lot of great questions. Tyr will be moving to Japan for about six months and admits to having some fears about the whole idea,…
September 16, 2008 A Cow-munity in Tokyo! The cow-munity is made up of over 70 pieces of bovine art in Tokyo’s Marunouchi district and they aren’t just loafing around! They are part of Cow Parade 2008. Fiberglass replicas of cows…
Visitors to Tokyo tend to do a lot of walking while touring the city. The routine goes something like this, walk to the nearest Tokyo Metro Station, navigate your way to your destination, possibly transiting one or more stations on…
July 28, 2008 Impressions of Tokyo – A Japan Blog Matsuri Summer is festival time in Japan, or Matsuri time if you are a local, and my fellow Japan bloggers have decided to revive the Japan Blog Matsuri in honor…
The Japanese love their beer, the top five breweries in Japan shipped 216.72 million cases of beer, about 7.8 billion 350ml (12 oz) beers, in the first half of 2008. The top four brands, Asahi, Kirin, Suntory & Sapporo hold…
The Doki Doki Flea Market is a popular annual event that offers up food booths, games, entertainment and approximately 1200 vendor booths on each day. Doki-Doki is a Japanese onomatopoeia that refers to the sound of the heart beating and…
Billed as the largest antique event in Japan, the Antique Jamboree welcomes almost 500 unique vendors from all over Japan. A vast variety of items catering to different tastes and styles are brought in and include Japanese, European and western…
Artists are often compared to one another and more often inspire and compete with one another to create great works. Throughout the history of Japanese art, each generation of painters, Buddhist sculptors, potters and other artists studied the works of…
The theme of the 24th annual Tokyo Summer Festival is Forest Echoes/Desert Voices. This year’s Tokyo Summer Festival takes you on a musical journey through noisy forests and silent deserts. The event takes place from July 3 to 31 at…
July 9, 2008 Great Food & Fun in Yakitori Alley Yakitori Alley is located just off of Harumi-Dori Avenue in the Ginza area of Tokyo and stretches for about two blocks. Many small restaurants, not much bigger than a walk…
National Geographic has put together a WorldWise quiz about Tokyo that will test your knowledge of this great city. Some of the questions are tough ones but taking the quiz a great opportunity to learn more about the history, landmarks…
The Tokyo Traveler has gotten a mention in The Honolulu Advertiser! The headline reads “TRAVEL BLOG GIVES AN INSIDER’S VIEW OF JAPAN’S CAPITAL CITY” and it’s the second segment in the May 18th travel update. The picture to the right…
At least that’s what it was for me! Billed as the worlds second largest Ferris Wheel, the Giant Sky Wheel in Odaiba claims to provide 16 minutes of memories. But that’s not quite how it worked out for me…. My…
I recently had the privilege and pleasure of interviewing Matthew Firestone, a freelance travel writer who is one of the authors of The Lonely Planet Guide to Japan and the writer of Big in Japan for Gadling. Over the past…
The Toden Arakawa Line operates a fleet of streetcars that are the last of their kind in Tokyo. The line started operations back in 1911 and faced closure in the 1960’s due to the influx of automobiles on the roads…
Did you know that there are over 1400 types of chopsticks and 1,100 different ways to hold them? There are even rules about what you should and shouldn’t do with your chopsticks. The Japanese term for chopsticks is hashi and…
September 25, 2008 Wooden Plaques and Prayers in Tokyo Upon approaching the main building of a shrine in Tokyo you may notice a number of wooden plaques tied to a simple structure or tree. These are ema and visitors purchase…