Neon, neighbourhoods and the world's great food city
Tokyo is less one city than dozens of neighbourhoods stitched together by the world's most punctual trains. Shibuya and Shinjuku pulse with neon and crowds, while a few stops away Asakusa and Yanaka keep their wooden shopfronts and temple lanes. The food is the headline: tiny counter bars, department-store food halls and more Michelin-starred restaurants than any other city. It's enormous but easy, safe at any hour, and endlessly rewarding to wander without a plan.