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Best Tokyo Neighbourhoods for Going Local from Akasaka to Asakusa

Tokyo Neighbourhoods, Japan. From Laidback Akasaka to Atmospheric Asakusa. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

The best Tokyo neighbourhoods are the laidback and local areas like Akasaka and the atmospheric Asakusa. While they rarely get a mention in magazines and with no notable sights to speak of, they are as local as ’hoods get with their buzzy izakayas, karaoke spots, pachinko parlours, and children’s parks, and that’s just the way … Read more

Our Home Away from Home in Tokyo is a Studio Apartment in Akasaka

Holiday Rental Apartment, Tokyo, Japan. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved. Our Home Away from Home in Tokyo.

Our home away from home in Tokyo is a smart little studio apartment in Akasaka. There’s a school on the corner and in the tiny streets behind us there are neat weatherboard houses tightly packed together. There are leafy lanes between the houses, bicycles parked out front, and rows of shoes at the entrances. It’s … Read more