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Tokyo skyline at dusk (placeholder)

CITY · KANTO · N° 003

Tokyo

東京

A city of thirty cities. Read Tokyo as a network of specialisms — watches in Ginza, cameras in Shinjuku, cards in Akihabara — and a trip's shape appears.

Last light on Pontochō

LAST LIGHT ON PONTOCHŌ — April 2026. Photography by H. Miyamoto.

A city of thirty cities. Read Tokyo as a network of specialisms — watches in Ginza, cameras in Shinjuku, cards in Akihabara — and a trip's shape appears.

I · NEIGHBOURHOODS

The quarters.

Shibuya

Shibuya

Shibuya is the dense entertainment, retail, and youth-culture district at the western edge of central Tokyo, anchored by the Hachiko Crossing and a deep network of side streets that reward repeat visits.

PLACES →

II · INTERESTS

What brought you here.

III · PLACE

Featured places.

IV · DISPATCHES

Recent guides.