Tokyo has a shadow of its past that claims pockets of the modern city. Ueno is an area of the city where the past still stirs.

 A classic teahouse in the center of Hamarikyu Gardens - my favorite park in Tokyo

Here is a massive Torii, or gate, that serves as an opening to the Shinto shrine and park of Meiji Jingu . This is a peaceful park just ...

Busiest Crossing in the world - Shibuya, Japan 

 One of my favorite Japanese meals   Entry to Yabu Soba   Udon Kristin enjoying

Tokyo is like an octopus. It has many hearts. At its heart of hearts though is the Imperial Palace, covering a massive expanse of open s...

The old school new school. The future stillborn in the past. Much of Tokyo has this sort of retro futurism that is cool and disarming...

A bored maid 

Color floors action - The night is Shinjuku  Kabukichō

Octopi have a few hearts. Japan is like this. It has many hearts of shopping. Shibuya, Harajuku, Omotesandō, even Akihabra for the elect...

The freshest sushi I have ever eaten in my life was in the Rock Islands of Micronesia. A local fisherman pulled the fish out of the se...

Old Edo still lurks in corners of crowded Tokyo

Towering over a massive mall, smoking from the shoulder like a badass

 A few months ago in Tokyo, we found a really cool outdoor food area in  Omotesando, close to the subway stop. While unusual eateries we...

The clouds that hovered in Tokyo never seemed to lift, blanketing skyscrapers where Japanese corporate leaders once flew dangerously cl...

Kristin and I jumped over to Tokyo for a few nights last summer.  While there, we had a great time, checking out a bunch of amazing stuf...