“Nice statues,” I said to my photographer. “They’re very detailed, almost like… ‘by God Eliot, it is like a photograph from life!’’’ “What are you talking about?” my photographer asked,…
Are you coming to Tokyo for a business meeting with your Japanese counterparts? Mixing a little bit of sightseeing and shopping into your business trip? Or maybe you’re only here…
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Wear the raincoat. No, not your own, use the one from the shop. You’ll thank me later. The Tori no Iru Bird Cafe is a nice side-excursion from your trip…
Did you come to Tokyo looking for ninja? Of course you did! Why else would you come?!?! The best-known enclave of most-honorable shadow warriors is located at the Ninja Restaurant…
Japanese whisky? What are we talking about? Aren’t the Scottish brands better? That’s where you’re wrong. Japanese whisky has been in demand ever since Nikka’s 10-year Yoichi single malt won…
Being a jeans-and-sweatshirt kind of guy, I do not go to Harajuku often. I have fashion writers for that sort of thing. Much younger fashion writers, who know the brands…
If you’re in Japan for any length of time, you’ll see it. Period costumes. Beautiful ladies in equally-beautiful kimonos. Perhaps someone dressed as an oni, scaring children into behaving. Packs…
Allergic? Not so much into cats? Well, Tokyo has an answer to that. How about an owl cafe? They’ll be just as contemptuous of you as cats are, we promise.…
I was nervous the first time I visited a Shinto shrine in Japan. I mean, I have a passing familiarity with Western religion, so I generally know what is and…
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