If you've ever considered the existence of cheese flavored chocolate, or for that matter, condensed milk flavored chocolate, then it’s mandatory to visit the 100% Chocolate Cafe by Tokyo Station.

Just a forewarning, trying this is not recommended unless you’re at least a level 4 Japanese speaker or above. You’ll need to understand their response, even if just a little, to make this fly.

Jon created this excellent blog after tiring of traditional guidebooks. So say all of us!

This is not really about their organic fare or their unique tofu inspired deserts. No, this is about their bagels and how they got them right. Any visitor to Tokyo will know that finding a bagel here, a real bagel for that matter, is almost impossible.

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Shibuya and Harajuku are two of Tokyo's most colourful neighbourhoods. Here's a quick look at the kind of things you are likely to see on a typical weekend stroll through the area.

Want to know what you can expect your room to be like if you check in to one of Tokyo's most famous hotels? Now's your chance to find out!

For the missus’ birthday we decided to try out The Peninsula Hotel in Yurakucho. We opted for a Park View room, which is a little bit bigger than the standard room:

Nice big bed and sofa:

Very spacious for a hotel in Tokyo:

Big TV. Crucially important for watching J Sports:

You have to be as calm as a Hindu cow to survive some train journeys in Tokyo. Do you think you could put up with this kind of treatment on a daily basis without going mental?

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This is it. At long last, it took me almost 6 years to find this, but I knew it existed. Chinese pop music lightly playing in the background, chefs chattering in Mandarin, crappy decor, AUTHENTIC HOME-STYLE CHINESE FOOD.