Living with your spouse and two kids in Japan’s former capital sounds nice, but is it affordable?
While individual budgets vary, a general rule of thumb for “How much money do I need to earn for a de…

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Even though the prefecture is home to barely a million residents, Oita has not one, but two famous hot spring resorts.
The high praise for Beppu’s Hyotan Onsen isn’t the result of a single evaluator …

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”Shitty and creepy” Fate fan turns out to be not such a bad guy after all.
This month’s big theatrical anime release in Japan was the lengthily titled Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel I. presage flower…

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By Amelie Marie Nishizawa Dec 21, 2019 3 min readJapan certainly has a formidable culinary history, but the no.1 edible invention has got to be sushi ( 寿司 （ すし ） ).
Sushi Fun FactsBefore it was all p…

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Come with us as we browse the shelves and eat at the restaurant inside this vegan wonderland.
Now, Japanese convenience stores are heading into unventured territory, with a brand new type of konbini …

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KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 13:19 | All, JapanJapan Airlines ranked the highest in passenger satisfaction among carriers flying from North America to Asia in 2019, a recent study by J.D.
The new study…

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The very first PlayStation console was released in 1994, a whopping 25 years ago.
And now GU, one of Japan’s most popular casual clothing stores, is closing out the year with a line of items designed…

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Recently, a bit of a firestorm was set off in Japan by a male-oriented magazine spitting straight talk on what makes the ideal girl in extremely intricate detail.
The magazine’s list says the ideal g…

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The fried chicken industry in Japan is no small fry.
What better way to spend Christmas than eating fried chicken and strawberry shortcake?
Yes, you read that right: in only three days KFC Japan sold…

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Even though Japan is a great place to live, not everyone likes every aspect of life in the country.
Like we mentioned above, on a cold winter’s day, kotatsu feel so good it can be hard to talk yourse…

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