Koganji Temple is a Buddhist Temple located in Sugamo Tokyo, just 6 stops from Shinjuku Train Station on the Yamanote temple. Kogangi is often referred to as the Healing Temple. Kaganji Temple is popular with locals not just to come …
You probably will not read about Nezu Shrine (Nezu-jinja) in any of the Tokyo travel guide books. Nezu Shrine is not visited by many tourists though it is a very popular shrine for local Japanese people in Tokyo. Nezu Shrine …
Shimbashi is a business district of Tokyo, very close to Ginza. Shimbashi is a very popular entertainment district with many bars, restaurants and Japanese izakayas (traditional Japanese pubs). Shimbashi is the playground of Japanese salaryman and has many nicknames like …
Hiroshima is located in the west of Japan, a city with a population of around 1 million people. This is one of the my favourite cities in Japan. There is so much to see and do and the food is …
Right in the heart of Naha city in Okinawa is the famous Kokusai-dori, which is one of the main roads in the heart of the city. Kokusai-dori is one of the main shopping districts in Naha. Lined with loads of …
Kurobuta is a famous restaurant in Kagoshima that specialises in pork dishes. In particular they specialise in shabu-shabu hot pot and tonkatsu pork cutlets. The pork they use is the best pork in Japan, the Kagoshima Kurobuta pork. Kagoshima is …
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Hyatt Centric Ginza Hotel in Tokyo is a classy, 5 star boutique hotel, part of the Hyatt Group of hotels. I always used to stay at the Hyatt Regency in Shinjuku. In 2019 I ended up staying at the Hyatt …
Tokyo Skytree, the tallest free standing tower in the world, opened on 22nd May 2012. Even now it is still one of the most popular tourist attractions in Tokyo. If you get to Tokyo Skytree later in the day you …
Yasukuni Shrine or Yasukuni Jinja (靖国神社) located in Tokyo was built by Emperor Meiji in 1869. Yasukuni Shrine enshrines over 2,466,000 names of Japanese people who have died during war time. This includes the Boshin War, Seinan War, Sino-Japanese War, …
Zojo-ji Temple (増上寺) is a large Buddhist Temple located close to Roppongi Tokyo, just next to Tokyo Tower. The temple was founded in 1393 by the Jodo Shu buddhist denomination as the central monastery in Kando (East Japan) region. The …