The population in Tokyo's waterfront areas has ballooned in recent years and is only expected to keep climbing after the 2020 Olympics, ratcheting up pressure on the local government to expand its al…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 5 months ago | 1 comment

As explained in this article (https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20170321_17/), 1 in 4 Japanese has considered suicide at some point. But the number of actual suicides has gone down; 5-10 years …

posted by  Tanuki | 9 years, 5 months ago | 1 comment

The Japanese authorities have been trying to encourage older people to give up driving after a recent spate of accidents, some of which involved drivers confusing the accelerator and the brake pedals…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 5 months ago | 1 comment

After a sunny and pleasantly warm weekend in the Tokyo area, rain clouds rolled into eastern Japan on Monday evening. But though wet, foggy atmospheric conditions greeted Tokyoites as they woke up on…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 5 months ago | 3 comments

Miwa Tanaka, CEO of Waris, is working to make things better for working women in Japan.

Although things are slowly changing, most Japanese women still must leave the workforce when they have children…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 5 months ago | 0 comments

"When we arrived at the park and looked at the map, we made a life-changing discovery: they didn't have just a capybara onsen. They also had a place where you could feed and touch capybaras, too! To …

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 5 months ago | 1 comment

From cute cats and landscapes to the occult and the erotic, nothing was off bounds for this eccentric 19th century Japanese artist. But it was his extraordinary wit and humor that set him apart from …

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 5 months ago | 0 comments

Kyoto city and the surrounding prefecture are full of historic spots worth a vist, but of course some places are going to be over-hyped. So, goo Ranking recently conducted a survey looking at Kyoto p…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 5 months ago | 2 comments

It has been 9 years since that nuclear disaster effected Fukushima. I know a lot of people worried for many months after the incident but even now, still there is worry over the radiation and toxicit…

posted by  BarbaraEbara | 9 years, 5 months ago | 1 comment

What are the benefits of staying in Youth Hostels (Ryokans) compared to staying in AirBnB places? And how about the other way round? Please share your opinions for the benefit of travelers.

posted by  Yubi | 9 years, 5 months ago | 2 comments