Tokyo is a common gateway to skiing in Japan. You may have to stay overnight in a Narita airport hotel before a flight to Sapporo Hokkaido the next day, or if you're visiting one of the ski resorts n…

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

The Linimo snaking its way across eastern Nagoya In 2005 , Aichi Prefecture was host to the World Expo 2005. To cater to the expected masses, and to comply with the EXPO's theme of ecological co-exis…

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Mizuki Shigeru’s illustration in the NYT, March 20, 2011 | image via

Japan lost a great artist: RIP Mizuki Shigeru, creator of Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro and a master of yokai (Japanese ghosts) and horro…

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

Finally, after millennia of bullshit agriculture and metallurgy and revolutions industrial, political, cultural, whatever, shit's finally getting good. That's because there are now two giant, functio…

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

Since we started writing about AKB48, one of the most asked questions we've been getting is how to get tickets for the AKB48 Theater in Akihabara. Unfortunately, the official site has no instructions…

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

In the Anime with the English name “Is It Wrong To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon”, the heroine wears a ribbon under her breasts to raise them and boost her cleavage. This somehow got the attention of yo…

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

The other day, I visited the Shinjuku Suehirotei which is a theater for rakugo, a traditional Japanese verbal entertainment. Though I have seen rakugo on Television before, this was the first time I …

posted by  Yubi | 10 years, 2 months ago | 6 comments

Yanaka (???, ??), Nezu (??, ??), Sendagi (????, ???) area, called Yanesen (????, ???) is very good at walking around. Yanesen is a coined acronym consisting of the initial Kanji of this 3 areas' name…

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

I am very curious about those small trays that are used in Japan when settling daily cash transactions. Instead of handing your payment to the clerk, or setting it on the counter by the cash register…

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

Manga cafés are places where, for a nominal fee, you get access to a huge number (often thousands) of Japanese manga and can spend some quality leisure time with the manga of your choice. They are al…

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