Local Life & Culture Japan’s Best Museum for a Brutal Summer Day Is a Train Museum
The Railway Museum in Omiya, Saitama — known locally as "Teppaku" — is about 35 minutes from Tokyo Station, making it an...
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Getting Around Tokyo Has Its Own Time Machine to Edo — And It Just Reopened
The Edo-Tokyo Museum in Ryogoku reopened in spring 2026 after several years of major renovation, and it's built around a...
Local Life & Culture Tokyo’s Closest Onsen Town Is Having a Major Comeback
Atami is one of the closest hot spring towns to Tokyo, reachable in well under an hour by shinkansen — closer, in travel...