Rickshaw puller Yuka Akimoto breathlessly dashes down the streets of Tokyo under a scorching summer sun, two French tourists enjoying the sights from the back of her black, two-wheeled cart. When the ...

TOKYO >> Tourists dressed in kimono and riding in rickshaws are a common sight in the Asakusa district of Tokyo. The slightly higher vantage point from a seat on a rickshaw can be a way to discover ...

During the difficult times of the COVID-19 pandemic, a trio of singing and dancing rickshaw pullers in Tokyo’s Asakusa district proved they were not just pretty faces. The Tokyo Rickshaw group used ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. As part of Bandai Namco’s ongoing ‘Asobi Motto’ project, you might ...

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Rickshaw puller Yuka ...