Travel + Leisure: Understated Japanese style pervades at the 52-year-old Hotel Okura. Don’t miss the on-site art museum, with more than 2,000 Buddhist works.
Travel + Leisure: This offbeat shop is a souvenir-seeker’s dream, chock-full of unique finds such as brass necklaces made with tiny lightbulbs and tote bags in the shape of Do Not Disturb signs.
Travel + Leisure: More than 12,000 ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints are housed in a diminutive gallery in Shibuya, representing such masters as Hokusai and Hiroshige—only about 100 are on display at any given time.
Travel + Leisure: There are no menus at this tiny space in the Ginza. Instead, the bartender recommends cocktails with telepathic precision: a Moscow Mule, say, chilled with diamond-shaped ice cubes.
Travel + Leisure: This department store, spread out over eight buildings in Shinjuku, stocks a great selection of international products (French macarons; German cakes) in its basement food hall.
Travel + Leisure: For a dose of edgy Tokyo street fashion, head to Tatsuro Motohashi’s boutique in Harajuku, which specializes in homegrown labels, including Tokyo’s Exist and the Osaka-based Roggykei.