Unlike other cities that may have a single old town area, Tokyo’s shitamachi neighbourhoods are scattered throughout the city. They are usually identified by their architectural makeup ...

Shiroshi Nakae, the owner of a century-old restaurant in Tokyo’s Taito Ward, doesn’t want people to get the wrong idea about the charms of the local Yoshiwara area, which hosted a famed ...

Asakusa lies in the Shitamachi area of Tokyo, which refers to the more traditional, working class part of the city. As such, Asakusa can be perceived as the old town of Tokyo. Here, you'll find ...

What’s left of the old Tsukiji market ... bigger warehouse-like facility in another area of Tokyo Bay called Toyosu. After the market’s buildings were demolished, the empty lot was used ...

Tucked away in a corner of central Tokyo, the Extinct Media Museum lives up to its name. From Betacam videotapes to floppy disks and vintage Sony devices, the museum is a showcase for old cameras ...

Surrounded by these beautiful palm trees, I feel like I'm in a resort area. 00:27 This week I am visiting Urayasu, a city in Chiba Prefecture, right next to Tokyo ... was once an old fishing ...

TOKYO -- The waterfront area of Chuo Ward in Japan's capital is ... Yoshitsugu Kitada, the 66-year-old chair of the "Tsukiji shoku no machizukuri kyogikai" (Council on Tsukiji food town-planning ...

Musashino is a location in Tokyo that represents the old, original landscape of the city." "A mountain erupts, lava flows, moss grows on the rocks, and over time, the area transforms into a forest ...