It’s a place with a real community of young people trying to do cool stuff in its true form. Koenji sits west of central Tokyo, just two express metro stops from Shinjuku, the busiest railway station ...

In many ways, Koenji is a traditional Tokyo neighbourhood. It’s famous throughout Japan for the annual Awa Odori Festival every August, when an estimated one million people descend on the streets for ...

A short train ride from Shinjuku drops you at the front stoops of Koenji, Tokyo’s star neighborhood with an expanding creative scene and a center of alternative youth culture. Removed from the masses ...