The Shoto’s rough stone exterior gives way to curved walls encircling a central fountain. It’s ...

One of the best museums in Tokyo is run by a department-store chain (it’s owned and operated by ...

Japanese and foreign films – 19,000 of them – star at the country’s only national facility ...

Architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s Imperial Hotel in Tokyo was famously demolished in 1968, but few ...

Attractions include displays on marine exploration and replicas of ancient Japanese ships.

This earthquake-prone city is long overdue for a devastating trembler, so the Tokyo Fire ...

One of the many faded relics that crowd around Asakusa’s famous Sensoji, this bathhouse offers ...

The art of porcelain is the focus of this quiet museum. Its 11,000 antique Chinese and Japanese ...

This tree-shaded cemetery is the final resting place of such notables as John Manjiro ...

This museum was founded by Soetsu Yanagi in 1936 and has a wide variety of mingei (folk crafts) ...

Few homes of early foreign Tokyo residents have escaped the ravages of time. This one, built in ...

This unusual venture was opened in 1953 by Kamegai Satoru, a doctor whose practice was ...

Kume Kuchiro was one of the first Japanese artists to embrace the Impressionist style. This ...

Currently closed for renovation, scheduled to re-open in December 2015.This museum is run by ...

Exhibits range from flints and a tablet from Mesopotamia through Egyptian papyrus to abacuses ...

A modern sento with a variety of baths, including a rotenburo and sauna. Usefully, it stocks ...

The Bank of Japan has two buildings, descriptively named Old and New. The New Building is where ...

This museum channels a fundamental ingredient of life, water, into exciting displays and ...