Azure 45 at the Ritz-Carlton (The Ritz-Carlton Tokyo, Tokyo Midtown 9-7-1, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo) – another of Tokyo’s high-end restaurants, this one served seasonal French dishes. Under the culinary direction of Executive Sous Chef Kiyonari Araki, who brings to the table nearly a decade of hands-on experience with a number of Michelin-star restaurants throughout France, […]
Argento Aso (ZOE Ginza Bldg., 8F, (f, 3-3-1 Ginza Chuo-ku, Tokyo) – located at Tokyo’s multicultural, sophisticated Ginza district, Argento offers high-end dining on par with restaurants like the Four Seasons in New York (attracting both a business crowd – for power lunches), as well as visitors who want to splurge. The Italian-influenced dishes served […]
Tokyo Imperial Palace (1-1 Chiyoda, Tokyo) — The Imperial Palace with its grounds is located on the site of the former residential palace of the successive Tokugawa Shoguns in the Edo Period. Following the Meiji Restoration in 1868, Emperor Meiji moved here from Kyoto which had been the imperial capital for more than a thousand […]
Tobu Museum (4-28-16 Higashi-Mukojima, Sumida-ku, Tokyo) – this museum is for those who love trains. Displayed here are 12 actual train cars, including the Toby Railway’s first steam locomotive, as well as electric trains & locomotives. One can also find train and bus driving simulators, as well as an eye-catching steam locomotive panoramic show. A […]
Suntory Museum of Art (9-7-4 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo) – located in Tokyo’s midtown district of Roppongi and housed in an ultra-modern structure, this museum (which has exhibits that change periodically), houses an important collection of ancient Japanese art, porcelain and objects from the 17th, 18th & 19th centuries, some of great historical and cultural value. […]
Sapporo Beer Museum (Kita 7-Jo Higashi 9-chome Higashi-ku, Sapporo) — Sapporo Beer Museum is located 10 hours north of Tokyo, at the town of the same name (at Hokkaido island). It is the only beer museum in Japan, and was opened in July of 1987 to provide visitors with a varied knowledge of beer and […]
Ninja Museum of Iga-Ryu (117-13-1 Ueno Marunouchi, Iga-shi, Mie-ken) – located 5 hours west of Tokyo, this museum showcases the history of the famed ninja warriors – who originally came from this Japanese town. Visitors will learn that ninjutsu is a classic military tactic consisting of espionage, reconnaissance, disruption and plotting (among other elements), which […]
National Museum of Modern Art (3-1 Kitanomaru Koen, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) – this museum displays works of contemporary art (from the Meiji Period onward) made by Japanese artists (hosting both permanent and temporary exhibits). Noteworthy features of the permanent collection are portraits by early Japanese modernist Kishida Ryusei and wartime paintings. Since this museum is located […]
Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum (7-8 Hirano-machi, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture) – located in the regional city of Nagasaki on the island of Kyushu (8 hours west of Tokyo), this museum is dedicated to educating visitors about the horrors of nuclear war (since Nagasaki and Hiroshima were the first and still only metropolises that were hit with […]
Museum of Maritime Science (3-1 Higashiyashio, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo) — this six-story building plus basement, shaped like a full-sized ocean liner, is completely devoted to ships. The Museum has mainly five areas, and provides the public with information about ocean development (exploring the seas), the history and the mechanisms of ships, ship steering, fishing boats and […]