About 1,200 people have taken part in a snowball fight in Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, on the Japan Sea coast.

Sunday's event was the 29th contest held in the city.

This year 240 teams that included e…

posted by  Yubi | 8 years, 11 months ago | 2 comments

Eigo Shinoda, a former shipbuilding executive and fighter pilot in World War II, spends his days in a wheelchair and has trouble eating solid food. But that was no impediment as he dug into his meal …

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 11 months ago | 1 comment

goo Ranking recently took a look at what turns men off about women’s public baths; for men it was which actually did put them off, for women what they presumed men didn’t really want to know.

Actuall…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 11 months ago | 1 comment

Japan is quite commonly stereotyped as a land full of crazy commercials and this belief is not wrong. Attention-grabbing attempts at trying to sell consumers on products and other tactics such as mas…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 11 months ago | 1 comment

Last summer marked the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' first and only Japanese concerts, and Hello, Goodbye: The Beatles in Tokyo, 1966, a limited-edition book featuring photos by Shimpei Asai, comm…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 11 months ago | 2 comments

Teaching English is the primary part-time job for foreigners in Japan. Let's share our experiences if this discussion to help others who want to try it.

posted by  Yubi | 8 years, 11 months ago | 1 comment

Signs include a man breathing fire to indicate the food is spicy, a pig inside a bowl letting diners know the dish contains pork and another swiping a giant card to indicate that credit cards are acc…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 12 months ago | 1 comment

Volks, a chain of casual eateries specializing in steaks and other meat dishes, is currently running an all-you-can-drink alcoholic beverage promotion for the extremely reasonable price of just 100 y…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 12 months ago | 1 comment

From baseball to which side of the escalator people ride, Tokyo and Osaka have always been friendly rivals. Now, the battle is heating up for startups as well. At Hack Osaka last night, 10 startups f…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 12 months ago | 0 comments

There is a huge problem with using robots inside the contaminated Fukushima nuclear plant. High radiation causes breakdowns in the robots' camera systems. While other parts of a robot can be covered …

posted by  Yubi | 8 years, 12 months ago | 0 comments