Before the dawn of the internet, sex museums in tiny Japanese spa towns provided a refuge for locals seeking a frivolous and liberating form of entertainment.

A breathtaking portfolio of photographs …

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Crowds of tourists and residents set off a flurry of selfie sticks and mobile phones in Tokyo's Ueno Park on Tuesday, as they flocked to enjoy the cherry blossoms marking the start of spring.

Japan h…

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A snake-like robot that is capable of scaling and descending steep steps has been developed by a group that includes The University of Electro-Communications (UEC) in Tokyo, it has been learned.

The …

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The Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel was completed 10 years ago and has helped reduced flood damage around the nation’s capital on more than 100 occasions. The world-class underg…

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Immediately north of the Imperial Palace moat is a central, almost secret woodland park called Kitanomaru Park. Steps from the hustle and hoardes of people walking and running around the moat, this p…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 4 months ago | 1 comment

This review of Ghost in the Shell from ign isn't completely negative, but lookng at other sources like RottenTomatoes where it got only 2 stars it is probably safe to say that the movie is not a huge…

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The renovation, covering a total area of some 47,000 square meters, will be one of the largest for Tokyo Disneyland since it opened in 1983 in the city of Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo.

At…

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Japan's first outdoor Legoland park opened in Nagoya on Saturday, with the major new attraction raising hopes that more foreign tourists will visit the area and deliver an economic boon to the countr…

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Yosakoi is a dance that originated in Kochi prefecture, on the southern island of Shikoku. It grew out of awa odori, a traditional dance style and festival from neighboring Tokushima prefecture. Awa …

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The company known as Tepco, which faces $144 billion in clean up costs for the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown, has been assigned with removing hundreds of thousands of utility poles across Tokyo so …

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