October 2020
- Residents returning to Japan will be exempted from 14-day quarantine
- The 5 best Japanese shows coming to Netflix in November 2020
- The Day Out With Thomas train tour has extended its run until end-December
- Tokyo Q&A: Why are there little white puppets hanging around windows in Tokyo?
- This Osaka hotel has a train-themed suite with actual rail car seats and a driving simulator
- A new batch of Tokyo Tourism discounted staycation packages will drop on October 30
- Japan to consider extending the Go To Travel campaign beyond January 2021
- The Conran Shop Shinjuku
- Look out for these new artworks at five subway stations along the Ginza line
- Komagata Dozeu
- Kani Jigoku
- Isegen
- Notomi
- Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum
- Tomoegata
- Tamakairiki Ginza
- Kimuraya
- Best Fukagawa-meshi in Tokyo
- Choju-an Kyosho
- Zentokoro Tempura Katayama
- Fukagawajuku Tomioka Hachiman branch
- Best monjayaki in Tokyo
- Mukai
- Stellato
- Edo Monja Hyotan
- Okame Souhonen
- Best abura soba in Tokyo
- Tokyo Aburagumi Sohoten (Tokyo Abura Soba)
- Beefst
- Rokurinsha
- Tsukemen Tetsu
- Morris
- Menya Ittou
- World’s first Godzilla theme park is now open in Hyogo
- Five films to catch at the 2020 Tokyo International Film Festival
- Japan will provide free Covid-19 vaccines to all residents
- Six region-exclusive KitKats are now available across Japan, including Hokkaido melon
- The Bellwood Lab
- Kashima Arts
- Musée Yukikomachi
- Iwamizawa Art Brut Gallery
- Tokyo Midtown
- Tokyo Olympics will accept ticket refund applications starting November
- Best mezcal bars in Tokyo
- Tokorozawa Station to play music from ‘My Neighbor Totoro’ on train platforms from November
- Bar Spicule
- Ferri's
- El Fujiyama
- Bar Jimador
- Japan could extend the New Year holidays by a whole week in 2021
- Ueno Zoo has opened a new panda enclosure that resembles the bears' habitat
- The three new restaurants you should try at Gems Aoyama Cross in Shibuya
- Yuyake Dandan
- Saigoyama Park
- Shangri-La's Secret
- Super Nintendo World will open at Universal Studios Japan in spring 2021
- Jinnan House
- Best shabu-shabu hotpot in Tokyo
- National parks in Japan are installing wifi to encourage ‘workations’
- Negombo 33 Koenji
- Japan might exempt short-term business travellers from quarantine
- Lumine Est
- Halloween Special Party 2020
- Halloween at Vent Bar
- Takeuchi Seiho’s Tabby Cat and an Animal Paradise
- Kogei Dining
- Best kaiseki restaurants in Tokyo
- Kuromi My Melody Cafe
- Animal Halloween 2020
- Tyffonium Odaiba
- In photos: Northern Japan’s autumn foliage has reached its peak colours
- Shabu Shabu Kintan Daikanyama
- Japanese noodle chain Kagetsu now serves vegan ramen
- Plaisir
- #DreamNowTravelLater: New issue on Japan travel inspiration out now
- Ginza Station has unveiled its slick new look after nearly three years of renovations
- Pola Museum Annex
- Kokugakuin University Museum
- Universal Studios Japan is hosting a face mask cosplay contest for Halloween
- Japanese KitKats are now smaller because 'people are worried about calorie and sugar'
- Tokyo Tower Ennichi Highball Terrace
- Watch this calming ASMR video of Nagasaki Biopark's capybaras eating a pumpkin
- Shinjuku Beerfest
- Ippudo now offers tonkotsu ramen-flavoured potato chips
- Henn na Café
- Kobotokeseki
- Tokyo Olympic Village may feature a dedicated coronavirus health centre
- Otaguro Park
- Enjoy fine dining at home with new gourmet restaurant delivery service Food-e
- The Oak Door
- Celadon
- Ueno Zoo
- Galeone
- Toko Indonesia
- Carneya Sanoman's Purveyors
- King George
- Tokyo Music Evening Yube Tomomi Nishimoto and Illuminart Philharmonic Orchestra
- You can now rent an entire mountain in Kyushu for a night
- Human Nature + Stockholm Roast
- Kinjohro
- Super Mario is celebrating its 35th anniversary at JR Shinjuku and Tokyo stations
- What’s the deal with Tokyo’s new transparent public toilets?
- Thomas Land at Fuji-Q Highland theme park is hosting a Halloween event this year
- Kiazuma Coffee
- The Vegetarian Butcher
- Ariake Garden
- Coco style Halloween sweets
- Ikebukuro Living Loop
- Vamp Halloween Party
- Share Hills Yokohama
- Tokyo Midtown Retreat Garden
- Halloween "OAKtober Fest" on the Terrace
- Halloween at Sumida Aquarium
- This Japanese YouTuber shows you how to create character and animal onigiri rice balls
- Small Worlds Halloween Party 2020
- Minami-Ikebukuro Park
- Visit Japan’s best historical and heritage sites with these free VR videos
- Japan could reopen to tourists from spring 2021
- Former chief winemaker of Dom Perignon creates a sake with champagne blending techniques
- Yamatane Museum of Art
- Murachin Shokuzai
- Mundo Latino
- Renowned chocolatier Ken’s Cafe Tokyo has created five chocolate desserts for FamilyMart
- Best botanical gardens and greenhouses in Tokyo
- Vending machines in Japan are now selling face masks and sanitising wipes
- Le Bar a Vin 52 Azabu Tokyo Kamiyacho
- Yakihitsuji
- Hitsuji no Yu
- Best lamb restaurants in Tokyo
- Tokyo is giving residents ¥5,000 staycation discount with the Motto Tokyo campaign
- Seibu Railway now has a Doraemon train running in Tokyo
- Omotesando and Harajuku now have 34 solar-powered smart rubbish bins
- Japan now has apple pie flavoured instant ramen
- You can now get a monthly subscription of DIY fruit and vegetable smoothies
- Nature of Change
- The JR East Tohoku Shinkansen from Tokyo to Aomori is about to get even faster
- What to expect at this year’s Munakata Global Environmental Symposium
- This free virtual gallery lets you curate your own online exhibition of Japanese art
- Block Festival Vol.3 Halloween
- Menichi Kiccho
- In photos: see the new teamLab exhibition that has just opened in Fukuoka
- Mark's Table
- Best farm-to-table restaurants in Tokyo
- Five things to do at the 2020 Yokohama Triennale
- Science Halloween Afternoon Tea
- Autumn Sekirei
- Dracula castle’s bloody Halloween
- Kyary Pamyu Pamyu online Halloween live 2020
- This new bamboo forest glamping site in Chiba has resident giraffes
- B Portland Cafe
- Gram Premium
- Halloween Mont Blanc Afternoon Tea
- Gram Harajuku
- Halloween Afternoon Tea set at Legato
- Gram Kichijoji
- You can now watch Japanese anime online for free at Virtual Shibuya
- Halloween Afternoon Tea set at Stellato
- Café Obscura
- Nozy Coffee
- Japan plans to lift 14-day quarantine rule for all business travellers and residents
- Eat Play Works
- This new sake from Gunma’s Nagai Sake Brewery is certified vegan
- Feed the animals in Japan’s zoos virtually via this fun online donation campaign
- FEW Career Strategies Seminar: Bold is Gold
- Tokyo Music Evening Yube: An Opera That’s 10 Times The Fun by Hiroshi Aoshima
- Silent Festival #SocialDistancing
- Angelic Pretty
- Kabutocho in Nihonbashi is named Tokyo’s coolest neighbourhood in 2020
- Hanaween 2020
- Wear your love of dumpling on your face with this gyoza-shaped face mask
- 7-Eleven Japan is releasing Keith Haring umbrellas this October
- Original 'Doraemon' voice actor Kosei Tomita dies at age 84
- Coming Soon
- Japan plans to resume short- and long-term travel with South Korea
- Dachibin
- Shibuya’s new tourist information centre opens in Hachiko Square
- JR Kyushu's new luxury train offers sightseeing tours to the island's top destinations
- Flying Books
- Books & Cafe Bousingot
- Ota Kuroyu Onsen
- Japan’s first ramen restaurant, closed in 1976, is reopening at Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum
- In photos: Tokyo’s newest Starbucks is set inside a blooming greenhouse
- See the winner of our #TimeOutLovesJapan Instagram photo contest
- Take a bath with Gudetama and Keroppi at this special hot spring pop-up
- Osaka is getting a Baby Star ramen theme park this October
- Tokyo events you can stream online now
- Learn ‘crazy’ Japanese phrases with these free videos from Fuji Television
- Get restaurant discounts with Japan’s Go to Eat campaign starting in October
- Suns
- Saitama park cuts down five million red spider lilies to discourage visitors
- This Japanese stock image library offers free photos of shirtless muscle men doing things
- Best sake bars in Tokyo
- The newly renovated Katase-Enoshima Station in Kanagawa looks like a Japanese castle
- Shibuya gets its own craft beer made by Coedo Brewery
- The five-storey pagoda at Rurikoji Temple in Yamaguchi will light up with 1,000 candles
- Shinagawa Season Terrace
- Tokyo has a new face mask speciality shop with over 200 kinds of masks
- JR Hokkaido is offering half-price rail passes until January 2021