Tokyo

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  General News

  Daffodils Illuminated in Changing Colors in Tokyo Park

  Rows of white daffodils are illuminated in purple, one of various colors that are constantly changin...

  February 22, 2024

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  Japan In Focus

  Shibuya Cafe Continues to Offer Experience of Listening to Masterpieces; Near 100-Year-old Cafe Maintains Traditional Atmosphere of Years Gone By

  In the Dogenzaka district of Shibuya, bustling with young people, there is an old Western-style buil...

  February 13, 2024

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  General News

  Heavy Snowfall Passes Peak in Japan’s Kanto, Koshin Regions; 109 in Tokyo Taken to Hospitals in Snow-Related Injuries (Update 1)

  Heavy snowfall in the Kanto and Koshinetsu regions passed its peak by early Tuesday and calmed in ma...

  February 6, 2024

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  General News

  Snow Hits Tokyo; Yurikamome Transit Line Stranded Monday Night, Forcing 550 Passengers to Walk Along Tracks

  Tokyo (Jiji Press)—A low-pressure system traveled east along the southern coast of Japan’s Honshu ma...

  February 6, 2024

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  General News

  Possibility of Warning-Level Snowfall in Tokyo’s 23 Wards; Heavy Snow Expected in Japan’s Kanto-Koshin Region (UPDATE 5)

  A developing low-pressure system with a cold front is moving eastward along the southern coast of Ho...

  February 5, 2024

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  General News

  Heavy Snow Forecast in Kanto-Koshin Regions; Alert-Level Snowfall Possible Even in Central Tokyo (Update 1)

  This is due to the impact of a low-pressure system moving from the southern coast of Honshu to the e...

  February 4, 2024

  #Tokyo #Snow

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  General News

  M4.8 Earthquake Hits Central Tokyo; No Tsunami Expected

  An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 4.8 struck the Kanto region at 8:59 a.m. on Sunday, mea...

  January 28, 2024

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  Japan In Focus

  Buttercream Cakes Sell Out Like Hotcakes at Tokyo Cafe

  Close to the Nishi-Shimbashi crossing in Minato Ward, Tokyo, there stands a dessert cafe with a char...

  January 15, 2024

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  Japan In Focus

  Tokyo Store Displays Masks Worn by Professional Wrestlers

  The area around JR Suidobashi Station is dotted with shops associated with professional wrestling. T...

  January 8, 2024

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  Japan In Focus

  Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Boasts History as 1st Department Store in Japan

  The main building of the Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, is Mitsukoshi’s flags...

  December 25, 2023

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  Japan In Focus

  Tokyo Antique Shop Brimming With Days of Yore Atmosphere

  Beckoned by a sign on Asakusa Rokku Street that read “Favorites for mobo and moga,” I passed through...

  December 18, 2023

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  General News

  Bear Likely Spotted in Tokyo’s Hachioji at Athletic Park Near City Hall

  A resident of Hachioji in western Tokyo spotted a bear at a riverside athletic park, about 500 meter...

  December 8, 2023

  #Tokyo #Bear Attacks

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  Japan In Focus

  Old Tokyo Building Becomes a Hub for Various Regions in Japan

  The Tokyo Kotsu Kaikan building, built almost 60 years ago in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, still maintains t...

  December 4, 2023

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  General News

  Tokyo Shibuya’s Iconic Dog Hachiko Celebrated 100 Years After Birth; Former PM Suga Attends Event

  An event was held Saturday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Hachiko, of which th...

  December 2, 2023

  #Dog #Tokyo

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  Travel Spots

  Ultra Series Superhero Ultraseven Featured in Urban Revitalization Project in Tokyo’s Setagaya Ward

  The Yomiuri ShimbunA statue of Ultraseven unveiled at Kinuta 8-chome Children’s Park in the Soshigay...

  November 27, 2023

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