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Back in my English teaching days, I often discussed the difference between “broth” and “soup” with ramen-loving students. But it turns out there’s a restaurant in Kyoto where the word “brot…
A while back, we told you about Japan’s Knee-High Socks Day. Of course this means losing the “11 = good” portion of the equation, but true fans would argue that the adjective is redund…
Within all the Miami madness, we forgot to mention the opening of one of our favorite artists, Jess Johnson, in NEON MEAT DREAM at NANZUKA in Tokyo. Born in New Zealand and currently based in Ne…
A wedding gown for less than 50 bucks? But despite all that wedding planning passion, it’s almost unheard of for a Japanese bride to buy her wedding dress. But this got us wondering: What’s…
The following is a list of the 30 most sold video games in Japan in the history of video games across all platforms. It was the 3rd biggest selling Playstation game in Japan. Picture : amaz…
If you take a random sampling of Lego bricks, you will notice that there are far fewer green ones than any other color. Which makes the supposed reason for the lack of green Lego blocks kind of …
On March 16, singer/songwriter and Tokyo native Rekka Katakiri was set to hold a concert. And so the concert was going to held at a church in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward. However, on February 27,…
It’s been a decade since Keita Takahashi released a commercial video game — the last title from the creator of the Katamari Damacy series was Noby Noby Boy in 2009 — but that doesn’t mean he wasn’t b…
Just like their counterparts in the west, many Japanese women dream of being with a man who’s confident, a good listener, and an architect. A recent survey by Japanese career website Shigyo Job …
all photos by takumi otaThe Japanese word kumu is a verb with many nuances. In dialogue with Kanazawa’s tea houses, a tea salon on the ground floor “joins” the hotel to the community and entices…
