Next, there’s fishing. To unlock the Ichigaya fishing pond, you’ll need to have either accepted Ryuji’s invitation to go fishing, or read the book ‘Fishpond Spotter’ from the Shibuya bookstore. The main goal of fishing is eventually to work up enough points to buy the higher-tiered ...
In 2004, a new statue of Hachikō was erected on the original stone pedestal from Shibuya in front of the Akita Dog Museum in Odate. After the release of the American movie Hachi: A Dog’s Tale (2009) filmed in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, the Japanese Consulate in US helped the Blackstone...
While there are strict laws in place on the usage of the term ‘Kobe beef’ in Japan, such standards are largely unrecognized abroad, meaning that restaurateurs outside Japan are not bound by the same stringent guidelines, leaving them to get creative with their menu descriptions. You’ve no...
In 1946, Soichiro Honda used war surplus engines to build motorized bicycles; in 1948, he established the Honda Motor Co. The postwar reconstruction of Tokyo concentrated on the growth of Yamanote Line “satellite” districts, such as Shibuya, Shinjuku, and Ikebukuro. In 1964, Tokyo hosted the ...