Every guide tagged Tokyo, for a trip to Japan.
How the six sumo tournaments work, why ringside seats are hard to get, what a tournament day actually feels like, and how to read a match once the wrestlers finally touch.
Where to actually eat around Tokyo, the Tsukiji versus Toyosu split explained, the market under the tracks in Ueno, and the department store basements most visitors never find.
What Akihabara actually is, how the multi storey shops work, what gachapon and arcades ask of your coin pocket, and whether the electronics are still worth buying.
The Studio Ghibli museum in Mitaka and the newer Ghibli Park near Nagoya both sell timed tickets in advance only, nothing at the door, so here is how the two differ and how to actually get in.
Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea are two very different parks on one ticket. How to choose between them, how the ticketing and paid queue skipping system works, and how to plan a day that will not wreck you.
Tokyo or Osaka for your Japan trip? An honest comparison of the two great cities: sights, food, nightlife, day trips to Kyoto and Nara, costs, and a clear verdict for every type of traveler.
Every way from Narita and Haneda into Tokyo compared: N'EX, Keisei Skyliner and highway buses from NRT, the Monorail, Keikyu line and limousine bus from HND, with prices, times and honest advice.
Where to base yourself in Tokyo: the best neighborhoods for first-timers, nightlife and families, plus how ryokan, business hotels and capsule pods compare and who each suits.
The city with more restaurants than anywhere on earth is also the easiest to eat badly in: how to read a Tokyo restaurant, what needs booking, and what does not.
Six seat bars in a wooden alley, standing bars under the tracks, karaoke boxes and a district that never closes: how a Tokyo night works and when it stops.
Rooms of projected light you walk through, with water underfoot and mirrors on every surface: what the two Tokyo venues are, how they differ, and what to wear.
A first-timer guide to Tokyo: the neighborhoods that matter, how to ride the trains, the sights worth your time and the ones you can skip, plus food, nightlife and day trips.
Tokyo has no centre and no single character: what each of the main districts is actually like, which ones reward a whole day, and which are twenty minutes and a photograph.