From hidden temples to lively festivals, old tales to everyday scenes - stories, photos, and videos of the Japan that lives between the headlines and the guidebooks.
Exploring the city of Ome: the cats.
Exploring the city of Ome: the retro movie billboards and advertisements.
If you seek good fortune, you must first go through this cave full of foxes.
Meet the resilient giant that has witnessed the transformation of Tokyo from a small fishing village to the most populou...
Let’s look around this fantastic Japanese-style garden — hidden in Tokyo’s Bunkyo ward — that has a connection to a samu...
White snakes, quirky foxes and a dragon are waiting for you at this “power spot” shrine in Shinagawa, Tokyo.
Find out what’s hiding on the grounds of this shrine on a hill in Tokyo’s Shinagawa ward.
Let’s visit this nature-rich park that’s considered a “theme park” of philosophy — the only park of its kind in the worl...
Tokyo was often hit by heavy flooding. The Old Iwabuchi Watergate and the Arakawa Floodway project helped keep the city...
In Japan, you can often see Jizo statues on the grounds of temples or by the side of the road. But in this temple, you c...
If climbing Mt. Fuji is too much of a challenge, there is always an alternative — a miniature replica of Japan’s tallest...
Let’s explore one of the oldest Western-style residential buildings in Tokyo that still exist.