Japanese konbini chain FamilyMart has won the hearts of tourists with snack remixes and a clothing line. Now, convenience ...
Everything you need to know about celebrating Valentine’s Day in Tokyo, including chocolate traditions, DIY gift ideas and where to shop.
A simple pair of striped socks from Japanese convenience stores has become a global cult item. But how did an everyday essential turn into the souvenir travellers seek out? I am on the hunt in Tokyo.
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Judy Koutsky covers adventure, luxury and family travel. Japan is a country that seamlessly blends the old with the new, offering ...
Visiting Tokyo for the first time can feel like stepping into the future and the past at once. This vast, ever-shifting metropolis is all about contrasts: centuries-old shrines tucked beside glass ...
TOKYO (AP) — These are lonely times for thousands of souvenirs in dozens of Tokyo 2020 Olympic stores, which are drawing few customers with the postponed games more than a year away and facing an ...
Tokyo deals in specifics, not generalities. This isn't a city that reveals itself in sweeping panoramas but in momentary glimpses: the businessman who carries a Hello Kitty handkerchief, the ancient ...
When I learned that Tokyo, Japan, is the biggest city in the world, I don’t think I really conceptualized what that meant... until I started doing research to prepare for my trip there in early March.