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Tokyo in 4K, one street at a time

245 walks so far, all filmed on foot by me across 14 neighborhoods. This is how you know a street before you land: the light, the crowd, the pace. Every walk plays here start to finish, no ad breaks.

Asakusa · 19 walks

Old-Tokyo temple district.

Oshiage & Skytree · 1 walk

Tokyo Skytree's neighborhood.

Ueno & Yanaka · 22 walks

Museum row meets a low-key neighborhood untouched by the bubble years.

Akihabara · 13 walks

Anime, manga, retro arcades, ramen counters at 2am.

Shinjuku · 25 walks

The city in miniature: skyscrapers west, Golden Gai's tin-roof bars and Omoide Yokocho's yakitori smoke east, Shinjuku Gyoen's gardens an unexpected hush in the middle.

Harajuku & Omotesando · 25 walks

Takeshita Street's teenage chaos one block from Omotesando's quiet luxury, the most architecturally beautiful shopping street in Tokyo.

Shibuya · 51 walks

Energy capital.

Ebisu & Daikanyama · 5 walks

Tokyo's quietly stylish quarter.

Nakameguro · 8 walks

A canal lined with cherry trees, lit by lanterns in spring.

Roppongi & Toranomon · 15 walks

Where Tokyo's new towers, Azabudai Hills and Toranomon Hills, meet old embassy-row leafiness.

Ginza · 39 walks

Old-money Tokyo.

Tsukiji / Tsukishima · 1 walk

Tsukiji's outer market still buzzes at 7am (the wholesale market moved to Toyosu, the outer market stayed).

Shimokitazawa · 2 walks

Tokyo's vintage capital.

Around Tokyo · 19 walks

Walking tours from JAPAN IN 4K filmed beyond the main guide neighborhoods: Odaiba, Shinagawa, Ikebukuro, Nakano, Koenji, Machida, and others.

Why I film them

Years of helping hotel guests taught me the real question is never "what is famous", it is "what will it feel like when I am standing there". A walk answers that better than any photo. When you are ready for the doors themselves, the guide carries 350 places with the exact station exit and what to order.