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If you do go, I implore you to do extra research as well. And make sure you're prepared. Transportation can be less than ideal, and cell signal will likely be nonexistent. If you're hiking,…
As we entered the Tokyo parasite museum, we were immediately struck by how small the room was. Our research told us this building contained 60,000 samples of parasites (not including the ones I smugg…
Last year, we published two six-month mega reviews of both Japan Crate (Japanese snacks) and Doki Doki Crate (cute Japanese things). These were, and still are, a couple of the most popular Japan…
"When we arrived at the park and looked at the map, we made a life-changing discovery: they didn't have just a capybara onsen. They also had a place where you could feed and touch capy…
I'm a big Nintendo fan. No secret there. When I first started researching Nintendo history, I learned that the company made playing cards and toys from 1889 to the mid-1970s when they first…
"I WANTED TO CREATE A CENTERPIECE OF ENTERTAINMENT THAT EVERYONE COULD ENJOY." This is the mission statement of Director Makoto Shinkai, a rising star in anime who shot into another st…
According to the Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA, a US think tank dedicated to research, analysis, and better public understanding of the US-Japan relationship, Japan is experiencing a "twin …
I grew up eating bugs. When I would visit my grandparents in Yokohama, they used to offer me inago no tsukudani いなごの佃煮 つくだに, rice grasshoppers cooked in soy sauce, as an afternoon snack. At first,…
