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You could spend a week in Tokyo eating exceptionally well and still leave with a longer restaurant list than you arrived with. The same goes for its shops, galleries and music venues. EDIT27’s Tokyo coverage takes in Japanese food, fashion and culture, from dining rooms in Ginza to independent labels in Aoyama and evenings built around live music. Our features and Tokyo travel guides give individual places the space they deserve, whether you’re choosing a first dinner in Japan or finding a reason to return.

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No Photographs, Please: Three Tokyo Experiences

No Photographs, Please: Three Tokyo Experiences

A notebook below a sushi counter. A Mozart listener who stopped coming. A stage photograph approved for sale. Three Tokyo addresses complicate the entirely reasonable wish to keep something of an evening.

Discreet Luxury Hotels in Tokyo: Four Different Promises

Discreet Luxury Hotels in Tokyo: Four Different Promises

Aman, Hoshinoya, the Okura and Palace: four Tokyo hotels, and the difference between looking discreet and making room for a private life.

Four of Tokyo’s Best Counter Seats for Dinner | EDIT27

Four of Tokyo’s Best Counter Seats for Dinner | EDIT27

Tempura in Ebisu, sushi in Ginza, chicken over charcoal in Oshiage and a different kind of Japanese cooking in Nishiazabu. Four Tokyo dinners worth taking a seat for.

Tokyo — Ginza at Night: The Addresses Worth Knowing | EDIT27

Tokyo — Ginza at Night: The Addresses Worth Knowing | EDIT27

A famous Ginza address can acquire value long before anyone sits down to eat. But what remains once the reservation is secured and the mythology has finished speaking? From Shiseido Parlour and Bird Land to a 1930s beer hall and an evening at Kabukiza, EDIT27 considers the places worth choosing not for the satisfaction of knowing them, but for the pleasure of actually being there.