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Japanese bento serves up a slice of the samurai life in a special carry case
- Oona McGee
Jan 17, 2022 - Tweet
Lunch like a warrior in Tokyo for a limited time.
- Japan
- (bento • COK • culture • Edo period • food • history • inro • Mito • samurai • SNJO • taste test • Tokugawa)
Turn your water bottle into a Japanese toilet!
- Oona McGee
Jan 16, 2022
Complete with a two-metre jet spray to get the party started.
- Japan
- (capsule toys • COK • culture • cute • funny • gacha • gacha toys • gachapon • Japanese toilets • party • PET bottles • Tama Kyu • toilet humor • Toilets • weird)
Long wallet or bifold? What your wallet says about you in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jan 15, 2022
For some people, the way a man carries his money can be a dealbreaker.
- Japan
- (accessories • culture • dates • dating • fashion • Japanese society • love • marriage • Reina Triendl • romance • society • survey • wallets)
Do men in Japan stand or sit to urinate?
- Oona McGee
Jan 12, 2022
Survey reveals some surprising discoveries about men’s toilet habits.
- Japan
- (culture • Japanese men • Japanese toilets • men • peeing • society • survey • Toilets • trends • urinals)
Say hello to Japan’s new generation of adults, fresh from Kitakyushu’s seijinshiki ceremony
- Oona McGee
Jan 10, 2022
Kimonos and gangsta flair to celebrate freedom and individuality before conforming to Japanese society.
- Japan
- (bosozoku • COK • coming of age • Coming of Age Ceremony • Coming of Age Day • cosplay • culture • fashion • hakama • kimono • Kitakyushu • seijinshiki • SNJO • society • Yankee • youth)
Number of pachinko parlors in Japan decreasing rapidly, down 12 percent in two years
- Master Blaster
Jan 6, 2022
Where have all the parlors gone?
- Japan
- (business • coronavirus • COVID-19 • culture • entertainment • gambling • pachinko • store closure)
Online pilgrimages along Japan’s famous Shikoku Henro route begin later this year
- Master Blaster
Jan 3, 2022
A journey of 1,000 kilometers begins with a single log-in.
- Japan
- (Buddhism • culture • history • pilgrimage • religion • Shikoku • Shikoku Henro • Shikoku Pilgrimage • tourism • travel • Zoom)
Real Buddhist monk shows off hot (and sweet) EDM dance moves in Mount Koya video
- Krista Rogers
Jan 3, 2022
To make matters stranger, the video is part of a promotional tie-in with a popular candy company designed to cheer on a certain group of students.
- Japan
- (Buddhism • cool • culture • dance • EDM • entrance exams • good luck • Koyasan • monks • Morinaga • music • Ramune • temples • video • Wakayama)
More people travelling in Japan for the New Year’s holiday than last year, survey says
- Katie Pask
Dec 31, 2021
Less people want to spend the New Year’s holiday at home, according to the survey.
- Japan
- (coronavirus • culture • hatsumode • hinode • new year • New Year's Day • survey • travel)
Prefectural rivalry in Japan: Survey reveals which areas compete against each other, and why
- Oona McGee
Dec 27, 2021
Competition between prefectures is real, and there’s a reason why it happens.
- Japan
- (culture • Hokkaido • Okinawa • Osaka • prefectures • rivalry • Shimane • Surveys • Tokyo • Tottori • tourism • tourist sites • travel)
Let’s learn how to sing “Jingle Bells” in Japanese with the help of Santa Pikachu!【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 25, 2021
Come for the Japanese language lesson, stay for the Japanese mythology lesson!
- Japan
- (Christmas • culture • cute • Eevee • Japanese language • jingle bells • learning japanese • linguistics • music • Pikachu • Pokemon • Santa • Urashima Taro • video)
How do you say ‘Google it, you trash’ in British English? Answer surprises many in Japan
- Oona McGee
Dec 19, 2021
People in Kyoto and England have more in common than previously thought.
- Japan, UK
- (british culture • British English • COK • communication • culture • english language • funny • Kyoto • manners • polite • politeness • sarcasm • society)
Senkoji: The Japanese temple that’s more like a theme park to heaven and hell
- Oona McGee
Dec 16, 2021
The chief priest at this temple says there’s more to this experience than just entertainment.
- Japan
- (Buddha • Buddhism • COK • cool • crazy • culture • heaven • hell • history • Osaka • religion • SNJO • temples • tourism • tourist sites • weird)
Miss Universe 2021 Japan entry slammed for wearing “dead person’s kimono”
- SoraNews24
Dec 15, 2021
“Cool Japan” take on national costume criticised as an “insult” to Japanese culture.
- Japan, USA
- (clothes • controversy • cosplay • culture • design • fashion • Harajuku • Japanese kimono • Juri Watanabe • kimono • Miss Universe • models • news)
Japan’s Kanji of the Year announced for 2021, and it’s a familiar choice
- Casey Baseel
Dec 14, 2021
This isn’t the first time for this character to be chosen as the representative for the year, and it probably won’t be the last either.
- Japan
- (COK • culture • Japanese language • kanji • kanji of the year • linguistics)
Tokyo museum apologizes for calling Demon Slayer’s brothel district setting a “glamorous world”
- Casey Baseel
Dec 11, 2021
As hit anime’s “Entertainment District Arc” kicks off, Edo-Tokyo Museum reaffirms commitment to telling the complete real-world story.
- Japan
- (anime • controversy • culture • Demon Slayer • Edo-Tokyo Museum • Entertainment District Arc • history • Kimetsu no Yaiba • museums • society • Yoshiwara)
Is Ariana Grande “Asian Fishing”? Japanese netizens weigh in on the drama
- SoraNews24
Dec 8, 2021
What do people in Japan think of the star’s controversial new look?
- Japan, USA
- (Ariana Grande • Asia • Asian Fishing • celebrities • controversy • cultural appropriation • culture • makeup • music • news • stars)
Cats bowing in apology is Japan’s latest weird gacha capsule toy collection
- Oona McGee
Dec 7, 2021
Felines walk us through the finer details of saying sorry in Japan.
- Japan
- (animals • apology • bowing • capsule toys • cats • COK • culture • cute • funny • gacha • gacha toys • gachapon • Japanese etiquette • Japanese language • manners • SNJO • weird)
Surveys suggest over 80% of Japanese people likely to continue with masks after COVID-19 subsides
- Master Blaster
Nov 25, 2021
It really isn’t all about health either.
- Japan
- (coronavirus • COVID-19 • culture • face masks • fashion • society • survey)
Boys’ love at the temple? Sensual ikemen art that raised eyebrows in Japan now set to be removed
- Oona McGee
Nov 21, 2021
Modern makeover at centuries-old temple comes to an end, but not for rumoured reasons.
- Japan
- (art • artwork • BL • boys love • Buddha • Buddhism • COK • controversy • cool • crazy • culture • history • manga • murals • Niigata • paintings • religion • SNJO • temples • weird)
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Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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