SUMO, TOWERS, AND HOT SPRINGS HOW TO KICK OFF 2015 IN TOKYO

摘要

The subway maps look like circuit boards, and shiny high-rises cradle centuries-old Shinto shrines. It's Tokyo-Earth's biggest urban sprawl, home to 38 million humans. Tokyo is bustling in January: The Grand Sumo Tournament kicks off this month, and around New Year's, one of the most important holidays in Japan, more than 3 million people visit the Meiji Jingu Shrine, nestled in a peaceful, 178-acre garden filled with flora from across the country. Head to the Miraikan museum to gawk at a 3-D, 20-foot-wide, 10-million-pixel model of Earth that can simulate future forecasts. In Tokyo, that most megalo-politan of megalopoli, your options are limitless.