2019 Top Jobs in Japan Week 43
Tourism taxi driver, freelance writers, and boutique hotel staff among our top picks for this week! On Oct 21, 2019If you’re looking to work in Japan, check back here each week as we look throug…
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8 Halloween Treats You Can Get at the Convenience Store in Japan
As usual, the big convenience store chains—7-Eleven, Family Mart and Lawson—are releasing a number of scary snacks to celebrate Halloween. Chocolate Cream DaifukuThe chocolate cream inside …
Top Jobs in Japan You Can Apply to From Overseas – Week 42, 2019
Ski instructor, full-stack engineer, and game producer among our top picks for those living overseas who want to come and work in Japan. On Oct 17, 2019Each week GaijinPot looks through its…
5 Scary Japanese Foods and Why You Should Try Them
I’m from Australia, where the Japanese dining landscape is mostly dried seabeds of sushi and tempura bound by rivers of teriyaki sauce. Tsuru tsuru tororoPhoto: Audrey Foo Tororo, grated mountai…
Nightmare on Dotonbori: Top Halloween Spots in Osaka
Five spooktastic places for to get your monster mash on this Halloween in Osaka. Nonetheless, Tennoji Zoo’s annual Halloween Night Zoo is a great night out for all the family. The night zoo…
7 Terrifying Japanese Urban Legends That Are Based on True Stories
From human sacrifices to abandoned villages, these real Japanese legends give us the creeps. Here are seven Japanese urban legends that are totally based on reality to tell in the dark this Hall…
5 Shops to Try Yokohama’s Local Iekei Ramen
Discover this local ramen style that’s creamy and chewy with all the toppings. Devour your way through Yokohama at these five shops to try iekei ramen that are soon to become cult-classics—…
Tweet of the Week #50: Typhoon Hagibis Causes Panic Buying of Tape
Typhoon Hagibis is no jokeThe forecast for wind and torrential rain is getting grimmer by the hour. Categorized as a violent typhoon, the highest category on the Japanese scale, Hagibis is makin…
What Do Japanese People Think About Japan’s Return to Commercial Whaling?
However, under Japan’s new commercial whaling policy, the country will concentrate on whaling minke and other whales off its own coast and leave their previous hunting grounds in international waters…
A Gourmet Guide to Yokohama West Gate
In Japan’s second-largest city of Yokohama, the nerve center for hungry visitors is the West Gate area—just outside Yokohama Station’s west exit. Hook a quick left after exiting through Yok…