Some of the buildings are nearly a century old and a few have even been designated tangible cultural properties of Tokyo. The structures have remained largely unchanged to keep the rustic charm of ...

“If you look at the timber in a 100-year-old building, it is bone dry,” he ... also resulted in some fascinating structures, such as Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower, which fitted standardized ...

I am smitten with Tokyo's eclectic mix of modern cosmopolitanism and old world Japan,' confesses Dinesh Raheja.

It was a hit with our 11 year old, especially the samurai swords ... you may want to start at the Tokyo Municipal Building to enjoy the free observation deck. The line can be long here depending ...

What’s left of the old Tsukiji market ... bigger warehouse-like facility in another area of Tokyo Bay called Toyosu. After the market’s buildings were demolished, the empty lot was used ...

Shingo Tsuji, CEO of Mori Building, says he hopes to help Tokyo compete as a world city and ... during World War II and retains generations-old store fronts and wooden houses with tiled roofs.

"It used to be that there weren't enough things in the world, but now there are too many," 59-year-old Keisuke Oka ... architect and the Tokyo area where Arimaston Building is located.

It's the latest vision for what is to replace the old market ... some in Tokyo are opposed and would prefer to see the prime site turned into a garden. The plans include office buildings, event ...