Samurai showdowns, damsels in distress, spirited shouts from the audience—all in a day’s performance of Japanese dance drama. Watch an entire show or buy same-day balcony seats and catch a single act.
At Nezu Museum, you'll find Asian antiques emphasizing Buddhist and tea-ceremony artifacts, a moss-covered Japanese garden filled with teahouses, winding stone paths, and maple-shaded koi ponds.
Takahashi Harutaka's first restaurant, a 10-seat sushi-ya loved as much for its exceptional raw fish as for its laid-back vibe, has earned a loyal following among local chefs.
Here, Zaiyu Hasegawa blends authentic cooking techniques with playful presentations (a mascarpone dessert, for one, is served with ground-tea-leaf “dirt" on a spade with a pair of gardening gloves.
Devotees line up at this no-frills, eight-seat joint for its ramen—made with an intense pork- and clam-based broth. The dish topped with thin slices of chashu pork and nori is a house specialty.
There are no menus at this tiny space in the Ginza. Instead, the bartender recommends cocktails with telepathic precision: a Moscow Mule, say, chilled with diamond-shaped ice cubes.
You’ll dine the city’s best bookstore in the trendy Daikanyama district, with more than 140,000 titles covering most genres.
