Kamiyacho is home to Tokyo Tower, an ancient temple with hundreds of cheerful Jizo figures holding spinning pinwheels, and the must-see TeamLab Borderless digital wonderland. If you see nothing else while you’re in Tokyo, see the Borderless immersive digital environment. It’s truly a world without horizons, constantly changing and unfolding around you. From interactive waterfalls…ContinueContinue reading “Kamiyacho Area”
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Zojō-ji Temple
This temple is the subject of many woodblock prints and the burial place of seven shōguns. It’s a lovely place to see hundreds of Jizo figures with their colorful pinwheels and take a classic “ancient & modern” photo with Tokyo Tower, especially excellent at the major Buddhist holidays like New Year’s in January, Setsubun inContinueContinue reading “Zojō-ji Temple”
Where to see the best koi nobori in Tokyo
The charming fish flags that celebrate the carp that climbed a waterfall to become a dragon used to only hang outside houses with sons from the middle of April until May 5th (now known as Childrens’ Day), but recently, thrillingly huge schools of them have begun to appear in the skies of Tokyo. When theContinueContinue reading “Where to see the best koi nobori in Tokyo”
Jonelle Patrick writes about Japan 