Widely considered one of Tokyo’s most beautiful traditional gardens, Rikugien is a masterpiece of Edo-period landscape design — and a serene world away from the city outside its walls. Created

A guide to Senso-ji, Tokyo’s oldest temple, and the atmospheric Asakusa district around it, with tips on what to see and do.

A guide to Shibuya Crossing, the world’s busiest pedestrian scramble, plus the buzzing Shibuya district around it.

If you want to see where Tokyo’s young, creative crowd actually hangs out, head to Shimokitazawa — or “Shimokita” to locals. This bohemian, village-like neighborhood is a tangle of narrow,

A guide to Shinjuku, Tokyo’s electric district of skyscrapers, nightlife, and the world’s busiest train station.

Stretching along both banks of the Sumida River between Asakusa and the Tokyo Skytree, Sumida Park is one of the city’s most pleasant riverside escapes — and one of its

Everything we’ve written about Tokyo in one place: travel guides to the top sights and district-by-district hotel recommendations.

It seems almost impossible that a lush, green ravine could exist within Tokyo’s sprawling 23 wards — but Todoroki Valley is exactly that. Tokyo’s only natural valley, this cool, leafy

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Tokyo is, by many measures, the greatest food city on earth — home to more Michelin stars than anywhere else, yet equally brilliant for cheap, soul-warming bowls of noodles. From