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Mondo Natural Wine Festival Tokyo
Sample the very best natural wines from around this world at this year's Mondo Natural Wine …
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Nerd Nite Tokyo #57: Going Underground
Head to Nerd Nite Tokyo for your monthly dose of wisdom — and fun.
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Tokyo River Clean-Up
Enjoy some small talk and the feeling of warmth for doing your part to keep Tokyo's rivers clean and beautiful.
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Asakusa Yabusame
Asakusa Yabusame is a chance to watch the Japanese martial art of horse-mounted archery.
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Shinjuku Chuo Park Flea Market
This is considered a great spot to pick up some vintage items, but it's worth poring over the stalls at this popular spot near the Tokyo Metropolitan building.
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Sakura Tulip Festival
See the gorgeous carpet of flowers blanketing Chiba's town of Sakura at the largest Tulip Festival in Japan.
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Moxy Tokyo Kinshicho
Located in the neighborhood of Kinshicho, Moxy is ideal for travelers looking for a relaxing place to hang out and do some remote work at the same time. Staff are friendly and helpful and the late check-out is a bonus. What are the rooms like? …
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Mitsui Garden Hotel Roppongi Premier
Mitsui Garden Hotel Roppongi Premier is a stylish, confortable, modern hotel with comparatively spacious rooms on the edge of Roppongi which is ideal for a city stay. What’s the hotel like? The hotel feels modern and stylish, houses a …
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Mimaru Tokyo Akasaka
Mimaru is a spacious apartment hotel in Akasaka that is popular with families. What’s the hotel like? The hotel is modern with a minimalist Japanese aesthetic. Despite being right on the busy Akasaka Dōri thoroughfare, the main entrance is to …
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Ueno Tōshō-gū Shrine
Ueno Tōshō-gū is a shrine built in 1627 by the Tokugawa Shogunate with three former shoguns enshrined within, including the very first in the long Tokugawa line---Tokugawa Ieyasu. The whole area of Ueno Park was once a vast religious site and …
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Shitaya Shrine
Shitaya Shrine is located adjacent to Inaricho Station in the general vicinity of Ueno dedicated to the god Toshigami and the mythical prince Yamato Takeru. The annual festival for the shrine is held at the start of May.
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Matsuchiyama Shoden (Honryuin) Temple
Matsuchiyama Shoden Honryuin is part of the Sensoji group of temples. A famous scenic spot in Edo (old Tokyo), often depicted by many ukiyo-e artists and poets of the time. Although very much tongue-in-cheek (due to its diminutive height), …
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