My wife is from the United States’ biggest city, New York, but she wasn’t ready for the vastness of Tokyo. Why We Wrote This On his first trip to Tokyo, staff writer Ira Porter experienced a sea of skyscrapers and had new adventures with sushi. I brought my wife, son, and daughter with me. ‘We’re going to Tokyo!’ A writer (and dad) on a family work trip Loading the player... Ira held out a mic to gather some enthusiastic impressions. In Japan, my son loved the food, even at 7-11, which is totally different from the ones in the States.