Confession: I am an emoji hipster. Before your mom was sending you grinning emoji or that cute boy was texting you heart-eyes emoji, my study abroad friends and I were using our 2009-era SoftBank pho…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 10 months ago | 0 comments

Although currently the center of a national debate and overall debacle, there is one nice story that’s come out of Tokyo’s National Stadium. When the iconic arena which hosted the 1964 Tokyo Olympi…

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

A cat cafe is a god place to have a break if you are a cat lover

Rent prices in central Tokyo are so high that the vast majority of people don’t have space to own a cat (let alone swing one) and eve…

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

Akihabara - its like its own small planet where you can get lost exploring electronics, figures, dolls and a load of other anime related merchandise. If you are planning on visiting Akihabara then gi…

posted by  Yubi | 8 years, 10 months ago | 0 comments

The first passenger plane developed in Japan in more than half a century made its debut flight Wednesday, a key step toward the country's goal of competing globally as an aircraft manufacturer. The M…

posted by  Yubi | 8 years, 10 months ago | 0 comments

This is Toyota's i-Road, an electric vehicle the company hopes to soon make ubiquitously available for rental throughout Tokyo and Japan's other major cities. The only problem is, look at this thing.…

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

Japan's vending machines sell a wide variety of goods, from obvious items such as drinks (including beer and other alcoholic beverages!), cigarettes and food, through to toys, card games, written ora…

posted by  Yubi | 8 years, 10 months ago | 0 comments

A list of anime related sights in Tokyo.

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2014 marked the 50th anniversary of Masanori Murakami’s Major League Baseball debut. Sent to the San Francisco Giants farm system for developmental purposes, Murakami sparkled when he took the mound …

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 10 months ago | 0 comments

Recently I was talking with a group of people who had all lived in Japan. The conversation turned to socks, as it does. Everyone agreed that they missed Japanese socks passionately. One person, who w…

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