Quirky Guide

Let bustling Tokyo to surprise you with its capacity for a genuinely soothing and serene experience.

Stepping off the 7th floor of a building is generally to be recommended. Unless you’re going to be scooped up and taken on a breath-taking aerial voyage.

You’ve watched Akira, Ghost in the Shell and countless other classic Japanese animations. But could you make anime worth watching?

Conveyor-belt sushi restaurants meet Charlie and the Chocolate factory in this robot-powered restaurant.

A museum dedicated to pot noodles might sound like a bit of a joke, but the story behind the instant noodle is a worthy and fascinating one.

Downtown Osaka. 3am. You’ve drunk too much sake, spent nearly all your money and missed the last train. What do you do? Sleep in a fibre-glass pod.

Would you like to make love in a cage? Or surrounded by Winnie the Poohs? Whatever your sexual fantasy, there’s a Love Hotel in Japan that caters to you.

For fans of all things kawaii, this store in Tokyo is the ultimate pilgrimage.

Visit the Japanese resort of Goryu-Hakuba 47 on Christmas Eve and you will be hard pressed to spot anyone not in full festive fancy dress.

The kimono-clad bath crawl, followed by a penguin sauna, topped off by a crab dinner. This is Kinosaki.