Rail is the main mode of transportation in Tokyo, which has the best urban railway network in the world and the city’s Shinjuku Station is the world’s busiest station, with over 3.6 million ...
We visit Nishi-Shinjuku, home to one of Tokyo's biggest clusters of skyscrapers. We learn how the buildings came to be built and uncover a centuries-long relationship with water, including the ...
When Tokyo photographer Yoshimoto Kiichiro spent days taking shots around the city in 1984, little did he know they would form the basis of a long-term project. Tokyo changes fast, and Yoshimoto ...
The old bridge needs to swing open every time a ship passes and regularly gets stuck, jamming up the whole Northeast Corridor ...
The area has been a nightlife center since Edo times, when it was the first night stop on the old Tokaido road to ... If you’re staying outside of Shinjuku, chances are you’ll be taking the train to ...
Hidden in between and behind shiny high-rises, massive station complexes and other architectural monsters, Tokyo's old-school alleyways ... ramshackle streets in Shinjuku's Kabukicho.
A 36-year-old man arrested for a stabbing spree on ... Passengers on the train bound for Tokyo's Shinjuku Station said Tsushima started stabbing and punching people on the train from around ...
Earlier this week, a 33-year-old Frenchman was accused of shoving a man over on a street in the Kabukicho red-light district ...
Located near Tokyo’s bustling Shinjuku Station, it offers short-stay and ... Lemon House is the brainchild of Kotoko Fujita, a 32-year-old social worker. While working at a mother-child support ...
A former railway station is set to be repaired as councillors explore options for its future use. The Old Station in Cirencester has been vacant for years and has structural instabilities ...
Next to the on-site restaurant Hibiya Matsumotoro, you’ll even find a 20m tall ginkgo tree that’s almost 500 years old. Shinjuku, with its bustling station and popular nightlife district ...
There are opportunities to dive into the local culture at historic temples and century-old markets, along with the chance to ... It's located right near the Shinjuku Station's east exit, so it's very ...