Have you ever seen people in sky-blue checkered uniforms talking to foreign visitors on the streets of Tokyo? They are tourism volunteers who provide guidance in various languages as part of an ...

Since releasing our first guide map, ‘101 Things To Do in Shibuya’ in March 2012, Time Out Tokyo has created numerous maps covering the most popular destinations in Tokyo. With these maps, you can ...

It doesn’t matter how many times you’ve visited Tokyo. It doesn’t even matter how many years you’ve lived there. There’s always something new to discover when you travel to the most populated city on ...

Otaku, which means “your house” in Japanese, was a term used to (snidely) describe people with obsessive hobbies. To wit: An otaku was seen as a shut-in. While originally used to negatively ...

When is the best time to visit Tokyo? Anytime, really – the city is hyper-seasonal, with each season bringing a different set of things to see and do Tokyo really is an all-time destination, but to ...