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An evening in West Shinjuku: a playground, a crab dinner with bright green melon soda, a walk through Kabukicho's neon. No receipt, but real pricing for both the drink and the crab.
The golden sculpture on the Asahi building in Asakusa isn't a joke, it's a 1989 Philippe Starck flame. Free to see, plus real Sumida River cruise prices nearby.
Kappabashi's knife shops sell everything from a 5,000 yen starter blade to handmade pieces past 500,000 yen. Real shop names, real price tiers, a verdict.
Tokyo Skytree's height isn't arbitrary, it's wordplay on the region's old name. Real current ticket prices under the tower's new dynamic pricing, and a verdict.
A free Taito park with a bouldering wall, a net tunnel, and two giant slides built into an artificial hill. Real photos, real details, and a verdict.
Kappabashi is 800 meters of restaurant supply shops between Ueno and Asakusa, free to walk, famous for hyper-realistic plastic food. Real history, real prices, a verdict.
Turkey in Japan runs 8,000 to 12,000+ yen from a handful of specialty importers. Here's what we cooked instead, and what a real Tokyo apartment Thanksgiving looked like.
Tiger Gyoza Hall in Asakusa serves an oversized Banana Gyoza that isn't banana flavored. Real history on how recent gyoza is in Japan, and what a meal costs.
A small cardboard nameplate wedged into a Sanrio-themed birthday cake in Katsushika led us into Japan's real two-tier cake culture, 500 yen to 4,000 yen apart.
