Author: K. K. Yam

The city of Shibuya continues to transform. New skyscrapers, restructured underground malls, relocated train stations, newly built streets …

Roppongi’s intersections are inorganic. The hours of the intense nightlife have just begun, and yet the cars hurry around the curves, leaving …

Some people say that everything in Tokyo is controlled and orderly, while others say that a variety of things exist in disorder, creating endless …

Built in 1958, Tokyo Tower is a freestanding steel tower with a truss structure. It was designed by a team led by Dr. Tachu Naito, an architectural …

The Sky Deck of Tokyo City View is an observation facility located on the top floors of Mori Tower of Roppongi Hills, a commercial complex …

As the global outbreak of COVID-19 continued to spread and was officially announced as a pandemic, most stores in downtown Tokyo …

Just off the bustling main streets of central Tokyo are quiet, narrow alleys. It would be a shame to call them “back streets,” as they are all well-maintained …

One of the things that impresses many foreign visitors to Tokyo is the clear skies. The world’s largest megalopolis of 14 million people is orderly …

There are approximately 15,000 public telephones installed along the streets and in the buildings of Tokyo. The number has plummeted by more than one-fifth over the past …

The Ebisu Minami Bridge is commonly known as “America Bridge.” The original was built in 1926 and has passed over the JR tracks for about 100 years …

6 p.m. at Yurakucho crossing in winter. The moment when the day ends and night begins. All of the passengers and drivers in cars, taxis, buses …

It is 7 o’clock at night. The JR Yamanote Line goes around the center of Tokyo. It runs a loop for about 40 kilometers with 29 stations on the route …