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Japan’s most terrifying ghouls, monsters and demons come out to frighten the public on a street believed to border the spirit world. Called Hyakki Yagyo, or “Night Parade of 100 Demons“, this fe…
It’s hard to believe that One Piece, Japan’s best-selling manga series in history, will be celebrating its 18th anniversary this July. A recent post by a Japanese internet forum user showed…
The most iconic sword in the Rurouni Kenshin anime/manga series is the titular protagonist’s sakabato, a reverse-edged katana with its cutting surface on the inside of the curve. The Meijim…
That meant living small, with only the things absolutely necessary for life in this transient plane of existence. Next, it’s not hard to imagine this wild-looking desk as the starting point…
That’s well-known 63-year-old rakugo comedian Shinosuke Tachikawa, a native of the city of Imizu, Toyama Prefecture. Making things even stranger is that the poster, which Meg spot…
Every city in Japan, is, of course, Japanese, but there are few that feel more so than Kyoto. That exalted status makes Kyoto one of the most visited cities in Japan, with both domestic and inte…
So when we saw this video that’s been dubbed “the anime fall in real life”, we knew it was the one for us. These two handball players ended up in an awkward position when they collided on the co…
Note Mama is ready to give liquid nourishment in exchange for a huge wad of cash. Japanese virtual YouTuber Note Takehana has the sort of anime aesthetic that’s become the norm for such performe…
But the Japanese release of a recent episode of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure has been censored even before being aired abroad. The character Jotaro Kujo from the anime Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure is 17…
While some public schools allow pupils to choose what clothing they’ll come to class in, once they reach junior high almost all students in Japan wear uniforms. There’s also the cultural phenome…
