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Giant digital sumo wrestler now stopping trains at Tokyo station【Video】

Giant digital sumo wrestler now stopping trains at Tokyo station【Video】

Playful PlayStation team celebrates local Ryogoku culture and takes a PS5 to Kanda Shrine for a traditional autumn event.

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Akihabara maids gather to splash water at Tokyo shrine in annual uchimizu event【Photos】

Akihabara maids gather to splash water at Tokyo shrine in annual uchimizu event【Photos】

Traditional and modern Japanese culture mix at Kanda Shrine.

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Tokyo shrine hosts event for anime fans ready to let go and recycle character keychains, standees

Hundreds of pieces of anime merch collected at annual event near Akihabara.

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Take a toothbrush with you to Butakin for this daring mixed noodles with chives dish

It’s just as we’ve always said–with great pungency comes great deliciousness.

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Fried Pokémon: Tokyo restaurant serves up an unusual dish【Taste Test】

Pikachu…is that you?

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Randomly running into a great sushi lunch like this is one of the best things about eating in Tokyo

Our always-early reporter finds a great meal almost without even trying in the downtown Kanda neighborhood.

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All-Noodle Artisan Marugame udon restaurant operating in Tokyo, only 30 percent pass test

Marugame has over 800 branches in Japan, but right now this is the best one.

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Tokyo’s 400-year-old Shinto shrine welcomes Roombas to help with annual susuosame ceremony【Video】

Akihabara-adjacent Kanda Shrine is always ready to try new things while keeping the old ones too.

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Ramen restaurant in Akihabara serves two different types of noodles in one bowl

A “third type of ramen” appears in Japan. 

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Trying the peach custard treat in Japan that got over 20 thousand likes in a week

Peach season is the best season for this Tokyo confectionary.

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This dorayaki spot is one of the best sweets shop in Tokyo that people don’t know about yet

Hidden under the tracks near Akihabara is one of our new favorite places to grab sweets on the street.

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Tokyo losing landmark bookstore, giant bookmark created to mark its place【Photos】

Special displays, sales, and even book fortunes commemorate Sanseido moving on to its next chapter. 

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Ramen chain Menya Musashi teams up with Lotte chocolate for unique Valentine’s Day dish

A mazesoba-inspired menu item full of hints of chocolate and pungent spices!

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How a samurai’s quest for revenge created one of Tokyo’s best cafes, and it’s still open

Not far from Akihabara you’ll find Amanoya, but it wouldn’t be there if not for an assassination.

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Tokyo restaurant doesn’t tell you its name unless you ask, makes us appreciate life’s surprises

Not far from Akihabara, there’s a soba spot that gave us food to eat and food for thought.

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Akihabara’s otaku shrine celebrates PlayStation 5 launch with ethereal one-night event

The PS5 is welcomed into the world at a Japanese shrine with a long history of protecting electronics.

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Behold Japan’s, and possibly the world’s, saddest public playground

We’re not sure what they were thinking when they made this.

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Who needs fast food? Tokyo restaurant has awesome cutlet lunch sets for less than five bucks

Given Tokyo’s reputation as one of the most expensive cities on the planet, you might think that dining out in Japan’s capital requires either a large fistful of yen or the fortitude to put up with a growling stomach after an undersized meal that leaves you only half-full. That’s not always the case, though, and it’s not like budget dining restricts your options to Yoshinoya or 7-Eleven, either.

We recently found a restaurant right in the heart of Tokyo that has filling, delicious lunches that are so cheap, we sort of felt guilty eating there.

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The most crowded place in Tokyo? Might be the Kanda Matsuri festival, but it’s still awesome

Even in a city as packed with people as Tokyo, some places, and times, are more crowded than others. So when and where can you find the largest, densest mass of humanity? Some would say the Yamanote loop line during the morning rush hour. Others would vote for Shibuya’s scramble crosswalk intersection on a Saturday night.

But before you go awarding the crown to either of those two candidates, take a look at the massive crowds that came out for the Kanda Matsuri festival last weekend.

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