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Metropolis JapanTokyoTsukimi: Japan’s “Forgotten” Moon Celebration From agricultural ritual to Heian court culture to a McDonald’s burger

Metropolis JapanTokyoSunny Cafe A warm, reggae-filled patio serving blackened jerk chicken and buttery cornbread worth seeking out

Metropolis JapanTokyoProtected: Japan Drugstore Guide: Best Cough Medicine in Japan There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Metropolis JapanTokyoFree Support for Foreign Residents in Tokyo: Meet the Help Desk Solving Your Biggest Headaches A government-run service that helps international residents with everything from bank accounts to daycare

Metropolis JapanTokyoWhy Won’t Japan Allow This Trans Woman’s Marriage? The case that broke the Japanese legal system

Metropolis JapanTokyoMetropolis Autumn Issue 2026 See what's inside and where to pick up a copy

Metropolis JapanTokyoNeo Speed Park: Go-Kart Paradise in Chiba Japan’s premier karting experience

Metropolis JapanTokyoEnglish-Speaking Nail Salons in Tokyo Where to get gel nails, detailed nail art and manicures in Tokyo with English-speaking service

Metropolis JapanTokyoJapanese Halloween Costume Ideas for 2026 Draw inspiration from anime and Japanese horror folktales

Metropolis JapanTokyoTokyo Weather in September: What to Do, Wear & What’s Happening A month-by-month look at temperatures, rainfall, daily outfits, and the events worth planning around

Metropolis JapanTokyoFashionably Fukuoka A shopaholic's guide to the city

Metropolis JapanTokyoWhat To Do in Winter in Okinawa The ultimate cure for the winter blues

Metropolis JapanTokyoOnomichi Travel Guide: Discover This Historic Port City Once a pirate haunt, the port town of Onomichi in the Inland Sea still houses an intriguing array of attractions

Metropolis JapanTokyoExploring Aso Kumamoto Life on the edge of the Earth

Metropolis JapanTokyoBali Campur Cafe A Warm Corner of Indonesia in Tokyo

Metropolis JapanTokyoTop 11 Tokyo Autumn Foliage Spots 2026 Quiet and lesser-known spots in and around Tokyo

Metropolis JapanTokyoJapan’s Autumn Foliage Guide 2026 Plus what to wear, when to go, and when to arrive

Metropolis JapanTokyoA Guide to Solo Hiking in Japan Three hiking regions to join Japan’s hiking community

Metropolis JapanTokyoKyoto’s Hidden Palaces Escape the tourist mobs at former imperial villas

Metropolis JapanTokyoThe Fukushima Diamond Route A cut above the rest

Metropolis JapanTokyoAll Time Best Japanese Fiction Books From untouchable classics to the severely underrated

Metropolis JapanTokyoSilver Week 2026 in Japan: Dates, Crowds, and What to Do in Tokyo Japan's first full five-day Silver Week, with crowd forecasts and the best ways to spend it in Tokyo

Metropolis JapanTokyoHalloween Afternoon Tea in Tokyo 2026 Celebrate Halloween with Tokyo's sweetest treats

Metropolis JapanTokyoTaiKouRou Tokyo: The Jumbo Gyoza Legend That’s Taking Over Your Feed This 75-year-old restaurant near Tokyo Station serves a dumpling three times the size of a standard gyoza

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Day by Day Japan plans a first trip to Japan the way a friend who lives here would: one day at a time, with the trains and the prices written down.

Each route is a real day or weekend: where to go first, how long the walk or the train takes, what the ticket costs and where to eat on the way. Prices come from the operator's or the place's own published fares and carry the date they were checked; where we have not checked a price, the route says so instead of guessing. If it rains, the route has a plan B.

Around the routes sits the week in Japan. Every few hours the site reads the Japanese city and food press and the English-language desks in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Fukuoka, and puts the places they name on one map. Headlines stay in the language they were written in, every story links to its source, and we quote no more than a line.

The routes and notes are written by one editor under a pen name, Sora Nakamura, drafted with AI assistance from checked material and read before they go out. Day by Day Japan is independent: no advertisers, no affiliate links, no bookings.