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We step back into the past on a walk to the Akechi Thicket. So today, we’re going off the beaten path in Kyoto and instead following the path of a beaten samurai, as we retrace the final steps o…
Now the metropolitan government has had enough, and is fighting back by commissioning a line of cast iron urinals that can repel most human-powered attacks. They’ve been known to provide ir…
If you’ve never lived in Japan before, then sleeping on the floor might seem pretty strange. That’s why today we’re counting down the top five reasons sleeping on the floor Japanese-style i…
Our Japanese-language writer Kowloon Kurosawa was in Akihabara one day when he decided to visit a vending machine-lined, somewhat ramshackle corner of a street. But what caught his att…
Kamehamehas of cuteness from a guy who’s actually more muscular than the Dragon Ball hero he’s cosplaying as. Based just on his name, you’d probably guess that Japanese Twitter user Big Killer (…
Pompompurin isn’t quite as cute when he’s hungering for your brains, but you can save him in this mission-based Sanrio Puroland horror event. Tokyo’s Sanrio Puroland is the place for fans o…
Professional manga artist deftly displays his artistic skill progression from kindergarten to the present. Ahndongshik followed the post with two additional informational tweets:“I drew Ace for …
The new product that’s been created comes from Kunjudo, a highly respected incense company that’s been in business since 1863. Located on the island of Awaji in Hyogo Prefecture, the company spe…
It’s a little-known fact that until the Meiji era (1868-1912), the ordinary men and women of Japan did not have surnames. There are an estimated 100,000 family names in Japan — much mo…
It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that Japan has a comparatively lenient attitude about adults becoming romantically involved with teenagers. That’s not to say, however, that the Japanese legal sy…
