Japan Keeps This Defunct Train Station Running for Just One Passenger
The train makes only two stops—one when a lone high-school student leaves for school and the other when she returns. read the original article
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Ryokufuso Inn: CNNGo visits the ghost of Kamemaro -- just before the hotel burns to the ground
My husband Matt and I finally cross the threshold of the Enju-no-ma room at the Ryokufuso, a traditional Japanese inn in rural Iwate prefecture, several hours north of Tokyo. We've com…
Japan's Perverted Superhero Is Back
And this time, it looks like he's coming to New York. Note: This article contains content some readers might find objectionable. The follow up to 2013's (short for "Hentai Ka…
Ninja Me! A Japanese App That Makes You a Ninja
A Japanese software company has released an app that makes a Dancing Ninja video using face photos. The user's face is fitted to a ninja's body. The ninja will also blink and move his/her m…
Badass Chicks in Japanese History: Queen Himiko
When you were a wee one, did you dream of being a doctor or a lawyer when you grew up? Or maybe something even more ambitious like an astronaut? How about a shamaness-queen? Almost 2000 years ag…
Typhoon Season In Japan
Japan's typhoon season from May to October. read the original article
Why English Is Hard and Japanese Is Easy
Before all my past linguistics professors start to wail and compose angry comments, let’s get that deliberately sensationalist title out of the way: Really, no language is harder than any other langu…
Four artists collaborate to create the world’s smallest bento that fits inside a watch
the 4 artists tasked with creating the world’s smallest bento Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A watchmaker, a surgeon, a chef and a diorama artist are sitting ar…
Terunofuji, a new champion to confirm mongolian athletes supremacy in the japanese national sport elite
Sekiwake Haruo Te-runofuji only needed 25 tournaments from his debut to nab his first Emperor's Cup, making him the third fastest to win the event after Takahanada and Asashoryu. The new ch…
Kyaraben under cherry trees in full blossom ?!
Kyaraben under cherry trees in full blossom ?! Spring has finally come over here in Japan. The temperature has risen significantly and the sun shows up more often ! It is also t…