Food & Drink | DESSERT WATCH Jun 15, 2019
Higuma Doughnuts and Coffee Wrights hit the sweet spot in Harajuku
by Patrick St. Michel
Higuma Doughnuts and Coffee Wrights are collaborating to offer a new line of citrusy summer doughnuts.
Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Apr 6, 2019
World Breakfast Allday: Global dining, morning till night
by Robbie Swinnerton
Hands up, who likes breakfast? Just about everyone, right? The only thing is, not all of us like the same thing for our first meal of the day. Some like it hot and spicy; others cold and drenched with milk. And there are even ...
Food & Drink | DESSERT WATCH Mar 9, 2019
Roll right into spring with Roll Ice Cream Factory's festive cherry blossom-flavored concoctions
by Patrick St. Michel
Roll Ice Cream Factory has become the go-to Harajuku spot to indulge in the popular rolled ice cream dessert trend with its new trio of sakura flavored sweets.
National / Crime & Legal Jan 4, 2019
Man who plowed car into pedestrians on New Year's had planned to ignite crowds at Meiji Shrine
The arrested driver of a car that plowed into a crowd in the Harajuku district of Tokyo at New Year has said he was planning to spray kerosene at people at a popular Shinto shrine and set them ablaze, investigative sources said Friday. In the ...
National / Crime & Legal Jan 3, 2019
Tokyo car attacker says he kept foot on gas pedal when hitting crowd
A man arrested for deliberately plowing a rented car into a New Year's crowd on a popular Tokyo street has said he kept his foot on the gas pedal during the attack, police officers said Thursday. As no tire marks have been found on Harajuku’s ...
National / Crime & Legal Jan 1, 2019
Driver plows through crowds on Tokyo's Takeshita street, injuring nine
Nine people were injured — one seriously — when a man rammed his car into pedestrians in the early hours of Tuesday on Harajuku's famed Takeshita Street in what the driver told police was a terrorist act, according to the authorities. Police arrested Kazuhiro Kusakabe, ...
Business Dec 5, 2018
by Lisa Du and Ayaka Maki
A brand-new store opened in Tokyo's Harajuku fashion district on Friday, walls lined with clothes, shoes and handbags — and with a twist: shoppers will walk away empty-handed. The GU Style Studio store — opened by Fast Retailing Co., Asia's largest clothier and the operator ...
Travel | BACKSTREET STORIES Nov 2, 2018
Playing cat and mouse in the alleyways of Harajuku
by Kit Nagamura
Although most people familiar with Tokyo's Harajuku area have explored — or at least heard of — the uber-trendy and fashion-focused Cat Street, the smaller and quieter road that runs above it is full of its own unique mishmash of history, food and fashion.
Basketball / NBA Aug 14, 2018
Thunder superstar Russell Westbrook delivers inspiration in Tokyo visit
by Ed Odeven
Russell Westbrook brought smiles to enthusiastic fans' faces on a festive Tuesday morning in Tokyo. Visiting Japan for the first time, he made a promotional stop at a crowded Nike shop in Harajuku as part of the ongoing Russell Westbrook 2018 Why Not Tour. As he ...
Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Jun 16, 2018
Nori-Temaki: A bold attempt to steal the onigiri crown
by Robbie Swinnerton
Think of the nori-temaki (nori roll) as a cousin of the humble onigiri rice "ball" — but served in a cylindrical shape, rather than the flattened pyramids of soft white grain found at every convenience store. Expect to hear much more about this elongated ...
Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Apr 14, 2018
Kagawa Ippuku: Udon to rival Shikoku's very best
by Robbie Swinnerton
Sometimes you want simple. Sometimes you feel like hunkering down with no-frills, no-fuss food that fills and comforts. Sometimes you need a quick, restorative visit to Kagawa Ippuku in Kanda. As the name indicates, Ippuku has pedigree. The main restaurant in Shikoku's Kagawa Prefecture is ...
Food & Drink | DESSERT WATCH Feb 3, 2018
Kanazawa Ice's Burning Soft Cream Parfait: The ice cream that doesn't melt
by Patrick St. Michel
Admittedly, the idea behind Kanazawa Ice's creations doesn't sound all that jaw-dropping in the dead of winter. The sweetmaker, which opened a branch in Harajuku in late January 2018, boasts of soft serve and other ice-like creations that don't melt, even when left in ...