Yesterday everyone’s favorite minimal lifestyle store MUJI opened a new shop in Yurakucho, Tokyo. The new space, which is actually a renovation of an existing store, occupies 3 floors and 3,277 squ…

posted by  RamenRyan | 10 years, 2 months ago | 3 comments

Last year I wrote an article called “The Real Japanese Monk’s Guide To Buddhism In Japan.” At the end of it I said that we would one day explore a real Japanese monk’s day-to-day life. It took a whil…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 10 years, 2 months ago | 0 comments

Two years ago when I went to Japan with my parents, we were walking around Ikebukuro and we couldn't find any place to eat. We stumbled upon a cute little local okonomiyaki restaurant... we didn't ev…

posted by  Yubi | 10 years, 2 months ago | 4 comments

Winter brings with it a flurry of snowstorms and bad weather that can seriously disrupt people's lives. And who really has the time or energy to shovel snow all day? Enter Yuki Taro. This snow-gobbli…

posted by  Yubi | 10 years, 2 months ago | 0 comments

Slush flies and blades flash as some show-off slices by on the rink. Onlookers grip cocoa in mittened hands and precocious be-sequined divas do twirls in the center. There are plenty of cheapo places…

posted by  Yubi | 10 years, 2 months ago | 0 comments

Shinsaibashi Shotengai interior, looking north The Shinsaibashi shotengai is a shopping street with a very long history! This covered arcade, site of some of Osaka's historical bridges, has been arou…

posted by  Yubi | 10 years, 2 months ago | 1 comment

Tokyo-based architect Emmanuelle Moureaux is on a quest to make Japan’s financial services industry more colorful. Her latest work for Sugamo Shinkin Bank – her 5th for the Japanese commercial bank…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 10 years, 2 months ago | 1 comment

This may be one of the more absurd things you see today. But who doesn’t need a little absurdity on the day after Labor Day weekend?

43 beakers lined up, each meticulously filled with water to cre…

posted by  RamenRyan | 10 years, 2 months ago | 1 comment

It's a bit out of the way and it's essentially a tourist trap, but Odaiba does have a few things to offer. There's Joypolis, which is a video game amusement park, a few malls, the Fuji TV Building, a…

posted by  Yubi | 10 years, 2 months ago | 0 comments

Ability to crush a PET bottle easily is helpful in Japan because it helps to prevent trash cans from getting full, especially during the hot summer.

Tech Trends Japanese food and beverage makers are…

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