Tokyo
You can’t book for Japan’s best restaurants, but this Aussie can get you in
You can’t make a booking at Sushi Saito, Japan’s best sushi restaurant. You won’t get a seat at Sushi Amamoto either. It just won’t happen. Not without Melburnian Rachel Lang.
- by Ben Groundwater
Six of the most impressive must-visit shops in Tokyo
From clothing to stationery to guitars: if Tokyo is shopping heaven, then these to-die-for flagship stores are nirvana.
- by Barry Divola
Who needs new? 16 years on, this is still one of Asia’s best hotels
It’s easy to get distracted by the new and the shiny when excellent service and attention to detail win every time.
- by Julietta Jameson
If you want to be a ramen expert in Japan, follow these rules
Tokyo-based Cody Mizuno thinks he’s eaten about 1000 bowls of ramen in his lifetime. That’s the equivalent of one ramen a day for three years.
- by Ben Groundwater
Japan’s capital of reinvention has a bamboozling spate of new attractions
Tokyo is an exhausting but exhilarating place to visit. Its glamour, organisation and startling contrasts provide the ultimate Japanese experience.
- by Brian Johnston
Tokyo’s vintage stores have no trash, only treasure
There is tremendous respect and love for vintage items in Tokyo and if you’re shopping for vintage, the hard work has been done.
- by Ben Groundwater
Destination Guide
Japan
The must-do highlights of Tokyo in three days
With three days in Tokyo you can experience a vast spectrum of places and attractions, a smorgasbord of incredible food, and a wondrous contrast of old and new.
- by Ben Groundwater
An expert expat’s tips for a hidden gem of Tokyo
Suginami-ku hardly rates a mention in most travel guidebooks on Tokyo, but it is full of hidden gems for those eschewing the inner-city crowds.
- by Belinda Jackson
Luxury ‘cave’ restaurant under one of the world’s busiest business districts
You have to work hard to create something different in the Tokyo culinary scene, like this luxury underground restaurant.
- by Ben Groundwater
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Airport reviews
Not shopping, not eating: Tokyo’s biggest airport has just one purpose
Narita Airport has no impressive architecture, no flair, no panache ... but who cares?
- by Brian Johnston