Tokyo

Takoyaki beside a small plate and chopsticks at Power Blend Tanaka.

Tokyo Restaurants

Power Blend Tanaka: Psychic Takoyaki, Instructions Included

Published: Sep 26, 2026

The red Rokkendai tower rising among trees at Tetsugakudo Park.

Tokyo Parks & Gardens

Tetsugakudo Park: Where Even the Bridges Have a Philosophy

Published: Sep 24, 2026

A seated figure in front of the smaller carved stones, with apartment balconies and utility wires beyond.

Tokyo Temples & Shrines

Chōsenji Temple: A Different Kind of Shibuya Crowd

Published: Sep 14, 2026

Dark ebimeshi topped with shredded egg and green onion at Indeira in Shibuya, with a small bowl of coleslaw beside it.

Tokyo Food Story

Ebimeshi: Shrimp Rice with a Dark Side

Eaten at: Indeira Dogenzaka (いんでいら道玄坂店)
Published: Sep 13, 2026

A weathered red playground lion lying in tall grass beside the Tama River in Tokyo.

Tokyo Monuments

The Tama River’s Lonely Lion: The Last King in the Grass

Published: Sep 12, 2026

Meguro Parasitological Museum: An Inside Story

Published: Sep 9, 2026

A Taiwan squirrel eating a sunflower seed while sitting on a visitor’s sleeve beside a red-and-white feeding mitten.

Tokyo Animal Parks

Machida Squirrel Garden: A Very Enthusiastic Welcome

Published: Sep 8, 2026

A white snake, masked performers and a lion head facing a small child at Hebikubo Shrine.

Tokyo Events & Festivals

Tsuchinoto-mi Day: A White Snake, a Lion and a Jar for Grumbles

Ritual performance

Tsuchinoto-mi Day — approximately every 60 days

Dates and performance times may vary

Published: Sep 5, 2026

Heavily worn stone Kankan Jizō at Anyoin Temple in Senju, Tokyo, with its facial features almost completely gone and flowers placed before it.

Tokyo Temples & Shrines

Anyoin Temple: Kankan Jizō, Worn Away by Prayer

Published: Aug 31, 2026

Golden Shō Kannon rising above Entsuji Temple, with rows of balconies on either side of the modern temple building in Tokyo.

Tokyo Temples & Shrines

Entsuji Temple: The Giant Kannon and the Bullet-Scarred Black Gate

Published: Aug 30, 2026

Nearly four-metre stone Kubikiri Jizō at Enmeiji Temple, surrounded by smaller Jizō and memorial stones in Tokyo.

Tokyo Temples & Shrines

Enmeiji Temple: The Beheading Jizō Statue

Published: Aug 29, 2026

Rows of white maneki-neko at Gotokuji Temple seen through autumn leaves in Tokyo.

Tokyo Temples & Shrines

Gotokuji Temple: Where Lucky Cats Come Back

Published: Aug 28, 2026

Ghost Jizō statue at Kofukuji Temple in Takanawa, Tokyo.

Tokyo Temples & Shrines

Kofukuji Temple: A Ghost Jizō Fading at Both Ends

Published: Aug 24, 2026