JAPAN SHOPPING FESTIVAL
Japan offers tax-free shopping program for more enjoyable shopping experience!More products have been added to the tax-free items such as sweets or snacks and cosmetics at the participating…
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Mikiya Kobayashi Gives Kutani Porcelain a Modern Twist
Photo? by Yosuke Owashi courtesy Mikiya Kobayashi | click to enlarge Kutani porcelain dates back to the mid-1600s and is one of the backbones of Japanese pottery. Th…
Revitalizing Rural Japan: the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale
Revitalizing Rural Japan: the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale Multinational Crowds Throng to Art Festival in Niigata Prefecture The Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale is a spectacularly successful e…
Hand building - One day trial course|Japanese pottery / Japanese ceramics Tokyo/Chiba|Saideigama Pottery Studio
Here is good chance to experience Japanese pottery. read the original article
Interview with Araki Joh, the Best Selling Writer of Japan’s Most Intoxicating Manga
Manga and alcohol are a wonderful mix. Sadly, few artists explored this pairing before Araki Joh wrote the manga, “Sommelier,” in 1996. It is the story of a Japanese wine connoisseur living in France…
Getting Down and Dirty with Japan's Garbage - Tofugu
If you take a walk in a city in Japan, you might notice something. Where are all the rubbish bins!? Seriously, you've been carrying this empty onigiri wrapper around for an hour now and you just…
Plum Blossoms in Tokyo
It's true, cherry blossoms do tend to overshadow Japan's other stunning flowers. However, plum ( ume) blossoms - which bloom in late February to signal the start of spring - shoul…
Arriving in Japan – from Haneda to Central Tokyo
Haneda Airport, formerly known as Tokyo International Airport is with more than 60 million passengers per year one of the busiest airports in the world. However Haneda mostly handles domestic flights…
Tokyo Metro | Free Wi-Fi and Smartphone App
Tokyo subway is huge, complicated, and overwhelming for a tourist. Now there is one good thing about it; it has free Wi-fi. As part of the improvements leading to the 2020 Olymp…
DragonBall Wig
This is one of the things any real otaku should buy and wear to work. read the original article