Independent watchmaker Jiro Katayama always thought he would spend his days working alone on a shoestring budget in his studio in the Otsuka district of Tokyo’s Toshima Ward. So, receiving a top prize ...

For watch aficionados, it’s high time to finally see two of the most coveted independent Japanese watch brands they have never seen in person, unless they were selected in a lottery to buy one.

Omo5 Tokyo Otsuka opened in Otsuka in 2018 as the second hotel under Hoshino Resort's Omo brand of accommodations. Conveniently located only a minute away from Otsuka station, the hotel is surrounded ...

Start from the top. What's this place like? OMO5 Tokyo Otsuka is like a hotel in bento-box form, with wood paneling in a grid pattern, smooth metals, and all elements compartmentalized just so. Is it ...