After a long winter and bouts of rain, it’s finally beginning to feel like spring. June will be rainy and uncomfortably humid, so why not enjoy the nice, warm weather while it lasts by heading out to…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years ago | 1 comment

Are you looking to downsize from your expensive city apartment? Or Maybe you’re just looking to simplify your life? Well now you can do so in style thanks to a collaboration between architect Kengo K…

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Doraemon the Movie 2017: Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi is proving to be wildly successful since its release on Mar. 4~.

The total box office revenue, with the latest count accounting f…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years ago | 1 comment

Tokyo’s densely packed skyline is about to become even more crowded, as the city gets ready to christen another 45 skyscrapers before 2020—when the Japanese capital is set to host the summer Olympics…

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Bridgestone has announced the latest in its line of “airless tires” that do not require inflation, this time adapting the technology for bicycles.

The second generation of the Air Free Concept was fi…

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A puppet show featuring a collection of life-like dinosaurs has been unveiled to the media ahead of its opening.

Theatrical performances will begin in Tokyo next week. News media were given access to…

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Yasuo Kuniyoshi is a man with an extraordinary plan. Kuniyoshi, a professor at the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, has been attempting to produce an utter…

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Here is an example of ex-Combini shop transformed into a fitness gym. I hear it is a trend now, but I haven't seen any of them personally? If it is happening, why?

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years ago | 1 comment

In Japan, you get a postcard in early spring from Kokuzeicho (Japan’s I.R.S.) that says how much you earned last year, how much tax you owed and how much was withheld. If you disagree, you go into th…

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“Trees are like people,” says Kawabe Takeo. “They have their individual personalities just like us. They are living things imbued with a natural life force and vitality that goes beyond anything we c…

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