Tatoo craftsman Yoshihito Nakano
Rather than a typical tattoo parlor, the room resembled a tiny school library filled with hundreds of books on everything from paintings to Chinese calligraphy. However, there were some clues pointin…
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Pokémon the Movie 20: I Choose You Releases First Theatrical Trailer
Pokémon the Movie 20: I Choose You! is set to open at cinemas across Japan from July 15, but keen moviegoers will get an advance chance to witness some of the action with an all new trailer screening…
Older Japanese more likely to have dated foreigners
Here is a new-to-me survey company, Qzoo, who conducted a survey on behalf of Sirabee into dating foreigners. It’s just a single question survey, but the figures were interesting to me…
Art In Unexpected Places: “Blossom Blast 2017”
Serendipity brings with it all kinds of gifts. Sometimes chance meetings or random conversations can start new friendships, ideas, and collaborations. Other times when the timing is right, a simple q…
Bidocoro lacquerware toilet brings traditional Japanese crafts into the lavatory
Japan is famous for its toilets. Japan is also famous for its crafts. So why not combine the two? Well, someone did. Japanese toilets are somewhat renowned for their technology ingenuity, from t…
With a Siri rival and a holographic girlfriend, Line makes a big AI push
Messaging app Line is set to make a big push into AI, later this year rolling out a Siri-esque voice assistant and an Amazon Alexa-style smart speaker, the Japanese company announced yester…
Otherworldly Architecture in Japan’s Magical Mountainside
The mountain town of Karuizawa is about an hour’s train ride northwest of Tokyo, a journey that zooms past the small, heartbreaking scenes of beauty that any traveler here knows, an endlessly repeati…
This Is What Street-Style Drifting Looks Like In Japan
It’s called sanpatsu, as drift video explainer blogger Noriyaro explains. It’s like a triple-flick to link one corner to another along a bit of a straight. There’s a wide port road built for tru…
Paris vs Tokyo: the two different models for express commuter rail stopping patterns
Many cities have large commuter rail networks, which function as urban rapid transit and extend into the suburbs. They use mainline rail rather than separate subway tracks, but are identical in other…
Tokyo Metropolitan Government report says current Tsukiji site may be tainted by chemicals
A Tokyo Metropolitan Government report compiled last year says the site of the present Tsukiji fish market may be contaminated by chemicals used in a postwar dry-cleaning plant, officials have s…