The 300 or so B-29 bombers deployed for the Great Tokyo Air Raid dropped 330,000 incendiary bombs over downtown Tokyo on March 10, a few months before Japan’s surrender in World War II.
An explosion and fire in a multi-tenant building in Tokyo’s Shinbashi district on July 3 caused serious burns to the faces of two restaurant workers and minor injuries to two passers-by.
About 2,900 people, including firefighters and members of local volunteer fire brigades, took part in the event in downtown Tokyo. The chief of the Tokyo Fire Department, Yoshida Yoshimi ...
Take, for example, what happened when world-famous chocolatier Godiva opened a Japanese-style bakery in downtown Tokyo. If you wanted to try its baked goods on opening day in August of 2023, you’d ...
Just to the west of downtown Tokyo lies a gorgeous urban oasis. Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden comprises 144 acres of green space and is unique in that it incorporates three landscaping styles ...
Mostly half-naked men with just white loincloth around their hips and several women in white robes joined the annual cold endurance ritual at the Kanda Myojin, a Shinto shrine in downtown Tokyo.
When Tokyo Sando and Bing Mi both closed in December 2023, the future of the popular food carts looked uncertain. At the time, Bing Mi decided to consolidate operations with its nearby restaurant ...