Farmers In Japan Rely On Cool, Over-The-Top Machines To Plant Rice
This is how Japanese farmers plant their rice these days, with the help of modern planting machines. read the original article
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A Day in the Life of a Japanese Monk
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 t…
10,000 Books Line a Bookshelf That Traverses the New MUJI Store in Tokyo
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…
Okonomiyaki in Akihabara
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…
Ice Ice Baby: Ice Skating Tokyo
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 che…
The Real Wall-E of Snow Clearing | All About Japan
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…
Shinsaibashi Shopping Arcade
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…
Emmanuelle Moureaux is Changing the Face of Banking in Japan
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 …
Chaos and Kanji
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…
43 Consecutive Coin Tosses Creates a 2-Second Orchestra
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 fill…