“That is when I realised that [the] tea ceremony isn’t solely about strict adherence to the rules.
That was the beginning of the Kyūtō-Ryū tea ceremony.
A new-wave of office gatheringsThe Kyūtō-Ryū, …

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At some point in the pre-dawn hours, a fire had broken out at Okinawa’s Shuri Castle, and photos and video of the blaze showed three of the cultural site’s structures in their final moments before th…

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Since the koyo (autumn leaves) arrived late this year, there are still chances to experience some of Tohoku’s stunning seasonal beauty.
Pack your bento and enjoy a quiet lunch on one of the trail’s b…

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Japanese investors are not holding back when it comes to backing Indian startups.
Spread across 157 deals, more than 105 Indian startups received capital from Japanese investors between 2014 and the …

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Train with the sport’s most kawaii professional sumo wrestler.
That’s not to say sumo wrestlers don’t know how to have fun, though.
However, this really is the work of the official Sumo Association, …

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A lesson in what not to do at a revolving sushi joint in Japan.
The tweet, by Twitter user @6jsDrYcsuFZf7EB, captures the essence of the problem with two images taken at a revolving sushi train resta…

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By night, though, he runs the Bouzu Bar (bouzu being the Japanese word for “monk”).
Before opening his own bar, he spent a year studying bartending and learning all he could about various types of al…

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In its next iteration, the Subaru WRX STI—as well as its more civilian WRX brethren—could reportedly abandon its current four-door body style to bring back the coupe format not seen since the rally-i…

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Just ask Microsoft, which tested a shorter work week in Japan and gave workers in Tokyo every Friday off this past August.
Simply Business, a call center in the United Kingdom, switched its 500 emplo…

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If you’re saving up your yennies for a trip to the the Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo store, here are some of the awesome items available to purchase.
▼ Located far away from Mega Charizard Y is Mega Char…

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