Sugamo, as an older Japanese woman once gleefully informed me, is like “Harajuku for grannies.” But, rather than hordes of purple-haired old folks shuffling down the street dressed in Gothic Lolita ...

Aoyoma is one of the best shopping neighborhoods in Tokyo. Filled with the flagships of famed Japanese designers, high-end international chains, smaller local designers, and a lot of specialty shops ...

Tokyo is a modern-day temple to consumerism in all its glory, discover where to shop - OLEKSIY MAKSYMENKO Retail therapy is impossible to resist in Tokyo, a modern-day temple to consumerism in all its ...

TOKYO >> Lined with various stores and evoking memories of the Showa era (1926-1989), a shopping street in Tokyo’s Katsushika ward is slated to be demolished in a few years as part of a redevelopment ...

A wonderland of shops and malls touting everything from clothes and accessories to locavorean goods pretty much sums up Tokyo for the commerce-driven crowds that descend upon the city from all over ...

Millions of Japanese people will return to their home towns to be with their families, visit neighborhood shrines on Wednesday night and Thursday morning as part of annual New Year celebrations.

As most travelers know, Tokyo is huge. The city is urban sprawl at its most overwhelming, making finding the best places to eat, shop, see, let alone sleep, a downright chore. The city is broken up ...