In the late 1990?s Japan experienced a craze for custom bikes called “street trackers”. Bikers would customize their rides to make them minimal but speedy like dirt biker racers. This was quite disti…

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

For 10 months, Fumiya, a 26-year-old Japanese security guard, has been living in a 24-hour internet cafe. In a tiny cubicle where he can barely stand, he sits hunched over a glowing screen, chain smo…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 10 months ago | 6 comments

This month Manga Night has chosen five manga that showcase great comic book design.

They say you should never judge a book by its cover and yet we are all guilty of doing this. There is even a word …

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

Ever wanted to experience the perspective of a race car driver? Or the detective in a murder mystery? Well YouTube is making it possible. It was just 3 months ago when the video streaming service ann…

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These IC transport cards, which are interchangeable all across the country, can be used for traveling on major railways and busses in the metropolitan area. If you buy a new card with an advanced pay…

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

When I studied abroad in Japan I was not the only Adam in my program, so in an effort to differentiate my friends dubbed me “Megane,” due to my spectacular specs. Nicknames are quite common in Engli…

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

With an ever increasing movement of people between places in this transnational age, there is a mounting number of mixed-race people in Japan, some visible others not. "Hafu" is the unfoldi…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 10 months ago | 6 comments

We’ve never had much of a green thumb but maybe we’ll have more luck with an air thumb? A small Japanese company based our of Kyushu has created a fun, poetic twist on indoor gardening. By utilizin…

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

We made a summary of the trailers of spring anime 2016. Are there any animes you want to watch? KABANERI OF THE IRON FORTRESS (????????, Koutetsujou no Kabaneri) http://kabaneri.com/ https://twitter.…

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First the robots came for our jobs. Then they came for our chess tournaments. Now, they’re coming for our martial arts too. Meet MOTOMAN-MH24, a robot who, depending on where you stand on the spect…

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