You're not the first person to ask about that. I live three blocks from Hotel Johann and walk past it every morning. The stories about Frau Henkel have been around for decades, but what most people do...

If you want to dig deeper, try chatting up the older ajummas running the tiny vegetable stalls on the backstreets. They've lived there forever and love pointing out spots that even the younger shopkee...

one thing nobody mentioned is the hospital situation. japanese hospitals often won't accept a foreign patient without a guarantor who's a japanese resident, and the bills can hit 600k yen easy if you...

honestly the himawari hotline is a good start but for a fever like that at night you could also just go directly to a walk-in clinic in minato. there's one near hiroo station called tokyo midtown clin...

yeah the student housing scene here is rough, especially if you're booking from abroad. a few places that work like neon woods are the student hotels in xhain or friedrichshain, they do short-term con...