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The idea of living in a high-rise condo in downtown Tokyo makes for a nice daydream. Underlining this trend are the results of a survey by newly formed magazine Aene which asked Japanese ho…
By this point, it’s become pretty common knowledge that people in the anime industry work incredibly long hours. That’s a reputation the industry has even in Japan, a country that’s already famo…
▼ There was a lot to hate in the first trailer’s design, but Sonic’s extremely human-looking teeth were especially unsettling. “So this is the new Sonic trailer. Still, I’m looking for…
For an even more extreme example, though, there’s Twitter user @SWBMZERO, who rents a studio apartment in Japan for just 15,000 yen (US$139) a month! ▼ It’s not uncommon for inexpensive Japanese…
Get a glimpse of how one of Japan’s delicacies, the poisonous fugu fish, is traded at auction! The traditional auction method is called “bag auction (fukuro seri)” and involves the auctioneer hi…
However, real estate agencies are seeing a surge in people specifically seeking these kinds of ‘death rooms’. That may sound horribly morbid, but usually it’s not out of a desire to be close to …
Tokyo model lets you share a beer with your sudden wife of eight years and play with your seven year-old daughter. But one Japanese house builder is now willing to supply the family for you…
However, when Seiji said he could “go for” a beef bowl, he meant that in the figurative sense. This beef is Matsuzaka beef, a full member of the holy triumvirate of top-tier wagyu/Japanese …
Surprisingly enough, over the last few years some of the most compelling reasons to visit Universal Studios Japan have nothing to do with Hollywood movies. The latest batch of collaborations has…
The “virgin woman in her thirties” has become a common trope in Japanese manga and anime in recent years. ▼ It started with a kabe-don…“Mid-thirties virginity complex”, it seems, affec…
