The cultural complex has a variety of sports facilities including Jingu Stadium, a golf range, an ice skating rink, and tennis courts. The 300-meter-long avenue leading to the Meiji Memorial Picture …

posted by  Yubi | 9 years, 3 months ago | 1 comment

On the eastern side of Ueno Park, in the streets around the elevated tracks of the train station, you'll find the Ameyoko Shopping Street: a great place to come when you're in the market for... well,…

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tsumamigui, the new nendo-designed sushi shop in Tokyo | photos by Akihiro Yoshida (products) and Jimmy Cohrssen (space)

If you want sushi in Japan you’ve got kaiten-zushi on the low end, the con…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 3 months ago | 1 comment

chalkboard art of Mt. Fuji created by 2 students at Mito Sakuranomaki High School in Ibaraki | click images to enlarge

Over the past 2-3 years there’s been an increasingly popular trend amongst s…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 3 months ago | 0 comments

Akihabara online is a website that is dedicated for introducing shops in Akihabara to both locals and foreigners. The site provides English and Chinese version for the benefit of non-Japanese visito…

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(English to follow)

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The Aibo, Asimo, even Gundam-robotics are a national institution of Japan. However, robotics started there far earlier than most folks realize. Karakuri ningyo (roughly "mechanized dolls") …

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The number of people aged 100 and above has hit 60,000 in Japan this year, as the country faces spiralling social and health expenses to look after its legions of retirees. The population of centenar…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 3 months ago | 2 comments

Much has been made of Prime Minister Abe's plan to do away with childcare waiting lists in Japan by adding spots for 400,000 children by 2017, but for now there is a shortage of day care in many area…

posted by  Yubi | 9 years, 3 months ago | 2 comments

If you’re reading this, you must have some kind of interest in the JET Program. This isn’t a decision to be made lightly, though. As a JET alumni myself, I’ve experienced (and heard stories of) the i…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 3 months ago | 0 comments