Imagine returning to your hotel after a long day exploring Tokyo, pouring yourself a cup of Japanese sake and heading upstairs to an open-air footbath overlooking Tokyo Skytree. At SAKE Bar Hotel Asakusa, that experience is part of the accommodation. This small boutique hotel in Tokyo’s historic Asakusa district takes a different approach to hospitality. … Read more
A few steps from the enormous railway platforms and neon-lit streets of Shinjuku, Tokyo suddenly feels like a different city. Narrow passages glow beneath red lanterns. Smoke drifts from charcoal grills. Customers sit shoulder-to-shoulder at tiny wooden counters, drinking beer and eating skewers prepared just inches away. This is Omoide Yokocho, one of Tokyo’s most … Read more
Tokyo has no shortage of places to enjoy Japanese beer, from tiny standing bars beneath railway tracks to traditional drinking halls where office workers gather after work. But a new venue in Ginza is taking a different approach. YEBISU BEER HALL TOKYO, scheduled to open on 27 October 2026, brings together more than a century … Read more
Tokyo has plenty of unusual entertainment, but few attractions embrace spectacle quite like Samurai Restaurant Time in Shinjuku. Hidden beneath the neon-lit streets of Kabukicho, this theatrical show brings together brightly dressed samurai, dancers, taiko drummers, elaborate floats, dramatic lighting and mechanical creations in a performance that feels somewhere between a Japanese festival, an action … Read more
A few minutes from the noise and neon of central Shibuya, an ordinary-looking door opens into a very different kind of Tokyo nightlife experience. Behind it is Onn. Good Track Lounge, a stylish music-focused bar where vintage speakers, vinyl records, inventive cocktails and a substantial wine collection take centre stage. Opened in June 2026, ONN … Read more
The sound of two sumo wrestlers colliding is something television rarely captures properly. Up close, the force, balance and speed of their movements can be surprising, even if you have never watched a sumo match before. At Hirakuza Ginza Tokyo, visitors can experience that physical intensity inside a purpose-built sumo entertainment restaurant, without having to … Read more
Tokyo has no shortage of restaurants promising unforgettable skyline views, but Terrace Dining TANGO offers something quite different. Rather than looking across the city towards Tokyo Tower, you dine almost directly beneath it. At this stylish restaurant in Shiba Park, the tower’s immense orange-and-white structure rises above a garden terrace framed by greenery, soft lighting … Read more
There is a moment in Kill Bill: Volume 1 when the Bride enters the House of Blue Leaves, a spectacular Japanese restaurant filled with wooden balconies, glowing lanterns and a vast central dining room. What follows is one of Quentin Tarantino’s most memorable action sequences. What many people don’t realise is that the restaurant’s design … Read more
At 1am in Kabukicho, hitting baseballs probably isn’t the first Tokyo experience most people expect to find. Yet behind the bars, neon signs, karaoke rooms and late-night restaurants of Shinjuku sits a batting centre that has been doing exactly that since 1978. Shinjuku Batting Center stays open until 4am. You don’t need to book. You … Read more
If you type Super Potato into a Tokyo itinerary, the next question usually comes quickly: Which one should you actually visit? Akihabara is the famous answer. It’s the branch that appears in travel videos, retro gaming guides and photographs of shelves packed with old Famicom cartridges. It occupies several floors and finishes with a retro … Read more