I don't know any events per se at this point, but this is worth a quick look:

The train car near Hachiko Exit, Shibuya station has been decorated for Halloween by Sanrio.

There are loads of cute ch…

posted by  Tanuki | 8 years, 10 months ago | 1 comment

Thought of asking the question after reading this piece.

I have read this in quite a few feature articles, and a couple of books. But those are mostly written by Americans or other non-Japanese writ…

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

The new technology has been developed to help mask unpleasant odours.

Four Osaka-based companies recently got together to develop a new technology to help mask unpleasant odours emanating from vac…

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

This is very impressive where computer graphics is now. The CGI people can be truly human now or at least not creepy :)

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

For horse lovers, here is a quick list of festivals involving horses:

Yabusame Festival - Nikko

Souma Wild Horse Chase Festival

Yabusame Festival - Kamakura

My favorite is the second, a two-day f…

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

In Japan autumn is called "the season of appetite". I can definitely agree, because the intense heat and humidity makes me lose appetite and weight, and I start playing catch up in October :o).

Let'…

posted by  Yubi | 8 years, 11 months ago | 0 comments

One of my favorite artists is having his show in Tokyo at:

Hidari Zingaro
Nakano Broadway 3FL
5-52-15 Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164-0001 JAPAN

if I understand it correctly, it is an event promoted by…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 11 months ago | 0 comments

While "boring" is subjective, it might be good to share our views about places that are either overhyped, or just boring even though it is easy to get to them.

Nagoya is my choice, and Tsukuba comes…

posted by  Yubi | 8 years, 11 months ago | 6 comments

Mt. Aso, a famous volcano (and sightseeing spot), erupted again yesterday. Luckily, the eruption occurred at late night, and nobody was in the mountain. But still, ash and rocks went very far and cau…

posted by  Yubi | 8 years, 11 months ago | 0 comments

The story of 24 year old Matsuri Takahashi's suicide that happened on December 25 last year was brought back in the media by the official recognition as being work related.
There aren't many articles…

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