Many of us are fascinated by getting ‘lost in translation’ when it comes to travel, and there’s really no better place to do this than Japan. While respect and courtesy are cornerstones of Japanese s…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 6 months ago | 1 comment

Tokyo is the food paradise that every city hopes to become: where Jiro dreams of sushi, where ramen demands noisy slurping, where cocktails taste best 40 floors above the ground. Everything great abo…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 6 months ago | 1 comment

Last week, online cross-border payments company Payoneer announced its expansion into Japan via subsidiary Payoneer Japan.

While the business was already processing payments between Japan and other c…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 6 months ago | 1 comment

The latest example of a regional Japan promotional video hoping to go viral is this one from Oji in Nara Prefecture, which features a flying dog.

The drone-dog flies around the area, “walking in the …

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 6 months ago | 2 comments

With one of the world’s longest-living populations, it’s not much of a surprise that spending time in Japan can have a positive impact on your health. Although people’s bodies (and minds) do react di…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 6 months ago | 1 comment

The Tokyo metropolitan government on Feb. 21 installed its first multiple-language, direction-giving ticket-vending machine on a Toei subway line to prepare for a further influx of visitors from abro…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 6 months ago | 1 comment

Science hasn’t quite progressed to the point where we can view large-scale mechas pummeling each other in a special colosseum...but we do have the next best thing! Misumi Group, a robot manufacturing…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 6 months ago | 1 comment

On Apr. 1 and 2, Laforet Museum Harajuku will be hosting Japan's biggest original Steampunk festival as it celebrates its 5th anniversary! As a "steampunk + alternative history event", Steam Garden c…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 6 months ago | 0 comments

Ever wondered how quickly junior high school fashion changes in Japan?

Produced by mobile phone provider NTT Docomo, this music video a whirlwind tour of teenaged girl fashion through the ages in jus…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 6 months ago | 0 comments

Back in mid-January, I was somewhat surprised to read that the Japanese Immigration Bureau had announced a relaxation of some of its immigration rules for skilled foreign workers.

Until recently, att…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 6 months ago | 0 comments