Tag: Tōkyō「東京」
Altough dwarfed by the much newer Tokyo Sky Tree, Tokyo Tower offers a unique view of this massive city – and has a long and romantic history that makes it a great site to visit. ...
Asakusa is most famous for the iconic Senso-ji 「Senso Temple, 浅草寺」 with a huge lantern hanging from the main entrance gate, its long path lined with stalls and its five storied pagoda. From Asakusa Station, ...
Recently I posted a photo of the Tokyo Metro Goverment Building and its free observation towers in Shinjuku. While browsing more photos of Shinjuku today, I discovered this amazing photo which captures Tokyo perfectly… Real-life user ...
The Japanese honourific kun 「くん」 is often added to younger male names by a more senior or older person. When working in a Japanese junior high school, I always heard teachers adding this to the ...
Shinjuku is the central business district of Tokyo. Standing tall among the high rises buildings is a place that every budget-minded traveler should know about. At the top of the two towers of this building ...
These flags of flying fish are actually a special breed of Japanese carp 「koi, 鯉」 which are bred for ornamental purposes. The carp flags (or kites/streamers) are known as koinobori 「鯉幟」 and symbolise Children’s Day ...
Hello Kitty, or Harō Kiti 「ハローキティ」 as pronounced in Japanese, is so insanely popular that the cute character now has its own range of sex toys… I won’t go near any pussy puns here. Hello ...
For almost 700 years, from the 1100s to 1868, samurai were the ruling political class in Japan. The nobility ruled the courts, and the samurai warriors based their culture on these nobles. The everyday samurai ...
Snow in Tokyo is not rare, throughout the winter months on average there is up to 5mm of snow. But on Saturday 8 February 2014, 27mm (almost 1 foot) of snow was recorded in the ...
AKB48’s 2014 Coming Of Age Ceremony was here, one of down-town Tokyo’s most famous shrines… Kanda Shrine「神田明神/Kanda-myōjin」near Akihabara, a shrine where Tokugawa Ieyasu himself came to pray, a shrine with over 1000 years of history ...
Akihabara, A.K.A Akihabara Denki-gai「Akihabara Electric Town, 秋あき葉は原ばら電でん気き街がい」in Tokyo is famously known, as its name suggest, as a mecca for all electronic things. But over the years it’s evolved to become much more than that and is ...
Shinjuku is the central business district of Tokyo, with plenty of shops and tourist sites for travelers visiting Tokyo. Hundreds (probably thousands) of shops and restaurants connect to Shinjuku station (the busiest train station in ...
Japan’s best cherry blossom photos of 2013 …a warm start to March (the first month of spring in Japan) saw the bloom of sakura come early this year. Kyoto hit it’s peak in the first ...
From the the web’s largest collection of 360° interactive panoramas – 360Cities – there’s now a brand new way to see the sites of the world, and Japan, online. Forget Google’s Street View, these 360° ...
Stay for an hour or spend the whole day, the Tokyo National Museum (東京国立博物館 Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan) gives visitors an insight into the rich and unique history of Japan. The museum contains some fascinating artifacts ...
More than 700 years old, covered in gold leaf with inlaid crystal eyes, this 1000 armed statue is currently sitting at the Tokyo National Museum.
We reveal another part of the hilarious Harajuku (in Tokyo) JR train and smoker etiquette poster. Another funny photo for the Japrish series!
Pictures of Japan is all this post is about! 10 pictures that show some of the best things about Japan... samurai, geisha, castles, temples, cherry blossoms, bullet trains and more!
The 8th photo in the Japrish photo compilation is from a poster we spotted at Harajuku JR station in Tokyo. This is just one section of the poster, stayed tune to Japrish to see the ...
Statue of the great samurai, Kusunoki Masashige. The photo is taken in the East Garden outside Tokyo's Imperial Palace, and is one of many landmarks to be seen in and around the gardens.
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