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This uplifting museum is a cornucopia of kites, including Indonesian dried leaves, giant ...

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

This majestic, temple-like building is one of the most attractive sento in Tokyo. Cleaner than ...

This wooded hilltop park was once the estate of Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), president of ...

Koishikawa Korakuen was first laid out in 1629. It’s now only a quarter of its original size, ...

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

Toshogu is dedicated to the first Tokugawa shogun, Ieyasu, and its style is similar to the ...

When Emperor Meiji died, on 13 September 1912, General Nogi Maresuke and his wife proved their ...

The resemblance to the Eiffel Tower is deliberate, as is the superior height – it is 13m (43ft) ...

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

Part of the huge Palette Town development that opened in 1999, Mega Web certainly lives up to ...

Opened in 1920, the shrine is dedicated to Emperor Meiji – whose reign (1868-1912) coincided ...

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

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

A few doors from Kyubei – one of Tokyo’s most famous (and famously expensive) sushi restaurants ...

Upon entering, the visitor beholds a globe 6.5m (22ft) in diameter above the lobby, with ...

This museum presents the living environment of ordinary Tokyoites between the pivotal Meiji ...

This small garden a short walk from Wright’s school building creates the illusion of greater ...