Jisei is the “farewell poem to life.” These poems were written by literate people just before their death.
Instead, specific kinds of death are used: shinju, “lover’s suicide;” junshi, “warrior’s dea…

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Katsushika Hokusai was in his 70s by the time he created his best-known image, the majestic The Great Wave off Kanagawa.
Often known simply as The Great Wave, the popular print not only embodied Japa…

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At about 4 p.m. on Sept 19, the doorbell of an 85-year-old woman in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, rang.
Standing at the entrance was a man claiming to be a police officer who was canvassing the n…

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He ran on a successful campaign issue of a tourist tax.
Miyajima is not exempt -- the island has an issue of aging population and faces a tax revenue shortfall.
And Miyajima is far from the only dest…

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Fire up your city pop playlist for a visit to Asakusa’s legendary Marubell, where the ’80s never totally went away.
But as we recently learned, there’s also a studio that can transport you to a more …

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When Twitter user @sato_nezi‘s 1-year-old child loses sight of his mother, he starts crying uncontrollably.
Their solution: create a life-size cardboard cutout of Mom and try to trick their child int…

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On Dec 12, 2019Each week GaijinPot looks through its daily updated database of jobs and selects the best opportunities for finding and securing a career in Japan from overseas.
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By Annelise GiseburtOn the afternoon of March 11, 2011, the magnitude 9.0 Tohoku earthquake knocked out the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station’s external power supply.
By late April the evacuati…

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But Japanese rope bondage is a safe, sexy and exciting activity—proven by its journey from sacred practice to modern-day art and everything in between.
Not only can shibari be sexual, but it also fal…

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We take a ride on this new travel alternative to the Shinkansen bullet train.
Usually, overnight buses are the cheapest way to travel long distances in Japan.
The Dream Sleeper makes one rest stop, a…

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