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Satoko Kawasaki
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Japan Times
JAPAN / AT A GLANCE
Aug 31, 2014
Glimpses of Ryogoku, Japan's sumo wrestling mecca
Home to the Kokugikan sumo stadium, Tokyo's Ryogoku district in Sumida Ward has long been known as the mecca of the sport.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AT A GLANCE
Jul 7, 2014
Asakusa paints traditional Tokyo in a popular light
As one of Japan's representative tourist destinations, the Asakusa district never ceases to attract people looking for a taste of traditional downtown Tokyo. The 30 million visitors it draws each year are a testament to its popularity.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AT A GLANCE
May 4, 2014
Fashionable Shibuya is a magnet for youths
Known as the town for young people, Tokyo's Shibuya district is the capital's center of youth fashion and culture. It also attracts crowds of tourists from home and abroad.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AT A GLANCE
Mar 2, 2014
Top kitchenware, plastic sushi lure cooks, tourists alike to Kappabashi
If you want to open a restaurant, the Kappabashi district in Tokyo's Taito Ward is the place to go because it has everything you need, and more.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AT A GLANCE
Jan 5, 2014
Bustling Shinjuku, the inn district that never sleeps
Tokyo's Shinjuku district never goes to sleep.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AT A GLANCE
Nov 3, 2013
Tsukiji's final days
Tsukiji, Japan's largest and busiest fish market, has sold fresh marine produce for more than half a century. Tourists the world over show up at dawn to get a glimpse of its busy fishmongers at work in Chuo Ward, Tokyo.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Apr 23, 2013
Hiroshima: What sweets tickled your taste buds at the National Confectionery Exposition?
'A bag of cheap sweets and snacks from Osaka, as well as candies using tangerines from Sakurajima, Kagoshima Prefecture. I buy sweets mostly to give away to my kids and their friends.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2013
Photos by Tohoku's elderly on show
Aiming to draw attention to the daily lives of the tsunami-hit northeast, an exhibition of photographs taken by residents of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, began Friday in Tokyo, featuring their daily lives after the tragic twin disasters.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2012
Store debuts Zambia bamboo bikes
A bicycle shop in Tokyo's Harajuku district has started selling bikes with bamboo frames made in Zambia, hoping riders hop on.
Japan Times
JAPAN / LIVING IN LUXURY
Dec 17, 2010
Park preserves home of old zaibatsu family
In the nearly 80-hectare Koganei Park in the western Tokyo suburb of Koganei stands a house that once belonged to the 11th head of the famed Mitsui zaibatsu.
Japan Times
JAPAN / LIVING IN LUXURY
Nov 19, 2010
Kiun-kaku, a touch of elegance in Atami
About 40 minutes from Tokyo by bullet train, the city of Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, has long been a popular hot spa spot, attracting some 3 million visitors a year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / LIVING IN LUXURY
Oct 22, 2010
Diplomat's House a Victorian original on Yamate bluff
Just a five-minute walk from JR Ishikawacho Station on the Keihin-Tohoku Line, an old Victorian-style building known as the Diplomat's House stands on a bluff overlooking Yokohama.
Japan Times
JAPAN / LIVING IN LUXURY
Oct 8, 2010
Sankeien silk trader's legacy to the public
Sankeien, a traditional Japanese garden, is spread over a large area near Tokyo Bay in Yokohama's Honmoku district.
Japan Times
JAPAN / LIVING IN LUXURY
Sep 24, 2010
A taste of Spain in Shinjuku Ward
Just outside Wakamatsu-Kawada Station on the Oedo subway line in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, stands an elegant building with cream-colored exterior walls and an entrance with a modern canopy decorated with a motif of grapes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / LIVING IN LUXURY
Sep 10, 2010
Royal trappings grace Akasaka Guest House
People who visited the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, may have stepped into the old two-story Guest House, which stands behind the 40-story main hotel.
JAPAN / LIVING IN LUXURY
Aug 27, 2010
The East meets West at Furukawa Gardens
The well-preserved early 20th century Furukawa Gardens in Kita Ward, Tokyo, boasts a British-style house on a hilltop overlooking a harmonious marriage of Western and Japanese landscaping.
JAPAN / LIVING IN LUXURY
Jul 30, 2010
Modern era gentry's architectural gems
This is the first in a biweekly series appearing Fridays (Saturdays in some areas) that looks at photos and background stories of historic, architecturally significant mansions once owned by some of the wealthiest families in Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jul 1, 2005
Macau charms with blend of history and modernity
As a location where East meets West and with its historic streets blending into the modern city landscape, Macau retains a distinctive, mysterious charm that appeals to travelers.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 1998
Pioneering wildlife center gives hurt birds survival chance
Staff writer
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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