Tokyo has 37 million people. The trick is to zoom in and look for the smallest things.

We were headed to Vietnam for a 10-day food tour with celebrity chef Luke Nguyen, but we wanted to stop in Tokyo on the way because it's one of the coolest cities in the world…

The whole Shogun thing is a pretty compelling tale. It's got drama, legend, romance, myth, swords, costumes, everything that appeals to my long-lost childhood.

I thought the simple pleasure of flying a kite was a product of my childhood (when my frazzled mom suggested that I do just that). But no, this is an ancient invention dating back 2,000-3,000 years in China…

Who doesn’t like ramen? Like American chicken noodle soup, pho in Vietnam, Mexican tortilla soup, or Tuscan bean soup, it’s comfort food.

You've seen it in millions of films (Lost in Translation, The Fast and Furious, etc.): that crazy intersection jammed with people in Tokyo.

Like San Francisco and New York City, food trucks are big in Tokyo. Well not exactly big but tiny in fact.