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Chanko-nabe is the legendary food of sumo wrestlers, said to help them put on those extra ...

Perhaps, at some point in the distant past, this was the way local upmarket operations got to ...

Comfort food in a funky wooden shack, within easy walking distance of Asakusa’s tourist sights. ...

Tokyo’s most famous tofu restaurant was founded way back in the Edo period by a tofu-maker ...

Chef Etsuko Yamada's stylish Japanese cuisine is not as formal as kaiseki, but it is far more ...

Kanda Yabu Soba has spawned numerous shops run by former apprentices. This one, open only for ...

Japan’s oldest zoo, established in 1882, is also Tokyo’s most popular, thanks mainly to its ...

A cut above the normal business hotel, this place offers comfortable Western- and ...

Regarded as one of Japan’s great modern painters, Yokoyama Taikan was born at the beginning of ...

With its uniformed staff and marble lobby somewhat incongruent with this downtown, ...

A basic business hotel in Ueno, the Tsukuba is clean and good value for money. Rooms are tiny, ...

In a backstreet on the northern side of Ueno Park, Katsutaro is a small, friendly ryokan with ...

This mainly Japanese-style ryokan, not far from Ueno Park, offers a good standard of ...

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

Small rooms and lack of facilities notwithstanding, this business hotel offers reasonable value ...

This smart, modern ryokan is wonderfully situated five minutes’ walk from Asakusa’s temple. ...

A modern, business-style hotel barely a wrestler’s stride from the sumo stadium in Ryogoku – a ...

Barely 30 seconds from Asakusa’s market and temple complex, yet surprisingly peaceful, the ...

If you have just one day to devote to museum-going in Tokyo and are interested in Japanese art ...