What’s it like cycling across Japan?
Where are the best places to go on a bike tour?
and with all the steep mountains, is this an activity only for hardcore cyclists or are their plenty of easy optio…

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Man, being a professional manga artist must be a great life, right?
Oda was just 22 when One Piece debuted, which means the 40-year-old artist has now been drawing the pirate saga for nearly half his…

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After coming across a convenience store on a street corner ten years ago, they recently revisited the building to find that it looked even more impressive than they remembered.
These photos shared on…

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Tateishi is the heart of downtown Tokyo.
The problem is Tateishi Nakamise is pretty grim at first glance.
Walking back to the train Nobu pointed out the narrowest alleys, lined with rundown shacks, t…

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Sakura and jellyfish: an unusual, but beautiful, combination.
We’re still a few days away from the blossoming of the sakura in Tokyo, but there’s already a place in the city where you can see beautif…

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From paintings, printmaking and muralism, there is an intensive influence Yayanagi has had over the last 50 years of Japanese art.
From Whitestone Gallery, who has shown Yayanagi in the past:"After d…

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Comiket: a haven for otaku, cosplayers, self-published manga authors, and other doujin, or fans who unite to create things and enjoy shared interests.
▼ “[Announcement] The fourth day of Air Comiket …

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Customers must also undergo four-stage disinfecting process before being seated.
Though many restaurants in Japan have transitioned to take-out service these days, eat-in dining is still allowed.
▼ C…

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Approached Japanese man she met at cosplay event and offered to pay him to be her husband for visa purposes.
In 2012, Canadian citizen Shannon Wong came to Japan on a four-year student visa.
The two …

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You can find many of the fundamentals for sale at 100 yen shops, where, as you’d guess from the name, almost all items cost just 100 yen (US$0.92) plus tax.
Our Japanese-language reporter Go recently…

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