January 2022
- teamLab has a new interactive art park for kids in Ibaraki – adults are welcome, too
- Japan reopens mass vaccination centres for Covid-19 booster shots
- Taste test: how the vegan meat barbecue at Yakiniku Like compares to kalbi beef
- Japan reduces quarantine for overseas arrivals to 7 days
- Shimokitazawa is getting a new shopping complex under the train tracks
- Tokyo Tower celebrates Chinese New Year with a special all-red light-up
- 8 things we’re looking forward to in Japan in 2022
- Kanto vs Kansai: the food edition
- teamLab Borderless in Odaiba will be closing in August 2022
- 5 best Japanese films and series coming to Netflix in February 2022
- Bistro Rojiura
- Grandberry Park
- Log Road Daikanyama
- Pizzakaya
- Keio Mogusaen
- Intersect by Lexus
- Chocolatier Inamura Shozo
- Jikasei Mensho
- Chipoon
- Tokyo will go into a quasi-state of emergency from January 21
- All Gundam cafés in Japan will be closing for good by early 2022
- 8 ways Japan will change you after living here
- Netflix docuseries Midnight Asia celebrates Tokyo nightlife with 85-year-old DJ Sumirock
- Naked is opening its first permanent digital art exhibit in Tokyo this spring
- 300 Bar Next
- 300 Bar 5chome
- Galera Food Market Tachikawa
- Rocco's New York Style Pizza
- Tarantella da Luigi
- Pizza Da Babbo
- L'Ecole Vantan
- 5 trends shaping the Tokyo bar scene in 2022
- Edo-Tokyo Museum
- Tokyo venues and attractions are temporarily closed to stop the spread of Covid-19
- You can now get Daiso items at select 7-Eleven shops across Japan
- In photos: giant graffiti is popping up in Osaka’s Juso neighbourhood
- The tables at this Japan temple are so polished they mirror the scenery outside
- Japan’s famous Sapporo Snow Festival is cancelled again this year
- Mujicom Higashi-Ikebukuro
- Hammond Orgasm
- Here are the new rules for Tokyo’s quasi-state of emergency
- Shimokitazawa is getting a cool new development with a mini cinema
- You can now get Japan’s beautiful manhole covers on T-shirts
- Zen Vague
- Tokyo could go into a quasi-state of emergency this Friday
- Washoku Sando Watanabe
- Siddique Palace Tokyo Tower
- Best no-alcohol bars and drinks in Tokyo
- Adidas Brand Center Harajuku
- Origines Cacao
- Maison Blondel
- Travel checklist: what you need for re-entering Japan from overseas
- Yuu
- Catch amazing music, theatre and dance shows at the Tokyo Performing Arts Festival 2022
- Jean-Paul Hévin Chocolate Bar Marunouchi
- Debailleul Ginza Mitsukoshi
- Debailleul
- Nonna & Sidhi Shop
- Daughter Boutique
- Japan shortens quarantine period to 10 days for international arrivals
- Amazon now has lockers at Haneda Airport for you to pick up parcels on arrival
- Japanese condiments you should know
- Vanilla Gallery
- Japan is converting disused city buses into mobile saunas
- New Japanese films and series coming to Netflix in January 2022
- The male erotic art at Niigata’s Kokujoji Temple will be removed in May 2022
- Setagaya Engawa Cafe
- 5 most promising Japanese film releases coming in 2022
- Tokyo’s biggest nightclub Ageha is closing in January 2022
- Popular Japanese 100-yen store Daiso now has an online shop
- Tsuru no Yu Onsen
- Sushi Sakaba Fujiyama Akihabara
- Earn air miles and win vouchers without flying via this free ANA app
- 0% Non-Alcohol Experience
- Take a look inside Loewe’s ‘Spirited Away’ Ghibli pop-up shop in Harajuku
- Kanijennu Ginza
- Café Dior by Ladurée
- Tokyo meets the world: Panama
- Ralph's Coffee
- Tiffany Café at Cat Street
- ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by the National Theatre in London is coming to Tokyo cinemas
- Starbucks opens its first Greener Store in Japan at the Tokyo Imperial Palace
- Tokyo reintroduces dining restrictions amid Covid-19 surge
- Yokohama Bay Hotel Tokyu
- Karate chops
- What you should know about Japan's digital Covid-19 vaccine passport
- Japan will close its borders to all new foreign arrivals due to omicron variant
- Japan’s border restrictions extended until end of February
- Iwanami Hall
- Hama-rikyu Gardens
- In photos: Tokyo just got its first snowfall of 2022
- Gone but not forgotten: Tokyo landmarks that closed permanently this year
- 16 best Japanese products for single living
- This Yamanashi glamping site has a Finnish sauna and amazing views of Mt Fuji
- The Ghibli Museum is seeking donations from fans around the world
- Japan, McDonald’s is running short on French fries in January
- Yonoya Kushiho
- Kappabashi Maeda
- Japan will host its very first X Games in April 2022
- Okei Brewery
- Snack 24
- Nakamise Dori
- The massive car museum in Odaiba closed for good in December
- Yoyogi and Meiji Park in Tokyo are getting a green makeover
- Blue Star Burger Gourmet 113 Shibuya Udagawacho
- Japan now has a paperless entry system for overseas arrivals
- 17 major New Year sales in Tokyo in 2022
- Ovgo Baker
- Explore the fairytale village of Shirakawa-go on this winter illumination tour
- This luxury glamping site near Mt Fuji comes with private Jacuzzi and fire pits