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Wearable blankets blessed by 1,100-year old Shinto shrine on sale in Japan, surprisingly affordable

Casey Baseel
Oct 29, 2024
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Blessed Wearable Blankets all receive prayers that wearers will pass their entrance exams.

Japan
(blanket • cool • cozy • culture • education • entrance exams • fashion • robe • roomwear • shinto • shrines • warm • wearable blanket • weird)

How to do an overnight bus trip to Kanazawa from Tokyo【Photos】 – Part 2

Casey Baseel
Oct 25, 2024

Historical tea houses, throwing stars, retro cafes, and Kanazawa’s special curry, all without any need to book a hotel.

Japan
(buses • Busta Shinjuku • COK • culture • curry • food • gardens • highway buses • history • Ishikawa • Kanazawa • Kanazawa Curry • KB Liner • Kenrokuen • Masanuki Sunakoma • Omicho Market • shinjuku • Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal • SNJO • tourism • travel)

A visit to Japan’s priest murder party cliffs of Tojinbo【Photos】

SoraNews24
Oct 14, 2024

Dramatic coastline has a dramatic reason for sharing its name with a priest from the Heian period.

Japan
(COK • crazy • culture • Fukui • fukui prefecture • history • outdoors • shinto • shrines • SNJO • Tojinbo • tourism • travel)

A beautiful night in the Hokkaido woods with immersive Ainu folktale Kamuy Lumina【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Oct 9, 2024

Grab your rhythm staff for an unforgettable after-sundown event.

Japan
(Ainu • Akan Mashu National Park • art • beautiful • COK • cool • culture • Hokkaido • Kamuy Lumina • Lake Akan • nature • outdoors • projection mapping • SNJO)

Japanese government wants to acquire original anime and manga art for creation of national archive

Casey Baseel
Oct 4, 2024

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology discusses project with Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno.

Japan
(anime • archive • art • culture • manga • museums • society)

Starbucks teams up with the oldest of Japan’s Six Ancient Kilns to create a Bizen ware coffee mug

Oona McGee
Sep 18, 2024

Ancient Japanese pottery techniques create a sublime coffee-drinking experience.

Japan
(Bizen • Bizen pottery • Bizen ware • Bizen yaki • coffee • craftsmanship • culture • history • Japanese pottery • limited edition • mugs • Okayama • pottery • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

Japanese train driver and conductor duo melt hearts with behind-the-scenes friendship【Video】

Oona McGee
Sep 9, 2024

“More than friends less than lovers” team shows us what it takes to look after thousands of commuters on the rails.

Japan
(culture • customer service • cute • heartwarming • Japanese trains • Keio Line • sweet • tourism • train driver • trains • travel • video)

A heavenly trip to Japan’s Demon Island in the Seto Inland Sea【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Sep 9, 2024

We follow in Momotaro’s footsteps with a visit to Onigashima.

Japan
(cave • COK • culture • demons • island • Kagawa Prefecture • Momotaro • oni • Onigashima • Peach Boy • Seto Inland Sea • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Secrets of the sumo ring: Behind-the-scenes rituals that support the wrestlers…literally【Video】

Oona McGee
Sep 7, 2024

A fascinating look at how the mound is newly built before every tournament.

Japan
(culture • dohyo • Japan Sumo Association • Kokugikan • rikishi • Ryōgoku Kokugikan • sport • Sumo • sumo wrestlers • Tokyo • tradition • traditional Japan • videos • yobidashi)

Kyoto becomes City of Yokai, with Night Parade of One Hundred Demons festival this autumn

Oona McGee
Sep 4, 2024

Japan’s supernatural world springs to life in a special Hyakki Yagyo event you won’t want to miss.

Japan
(cool • crazy • culture • demons • ghosts • Hyakki Yagyo • Kyoto • monsters • parade • scary • Toei Kyoto Studio Park • tourist sites • travel • video • yokai)

A trip to the other side of Matsushima, a mysterious power spot with an otherworldly atmosphere

Oona McGee
Sep 2, 2024

The eerie ruins on this island will take your breath away.

Japan
(Buddhism • COK • culture • history • Matsushima • Miyagi • monks • samurai • shrines • SNJO • temples • tourist sites • travel)

Virtual idol Hatsune Miku to act in kabuki play with human co-star【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Aug 31, 2024

Cho-Kabuki announces new version of Hanakurabe Zenbonzakura.

Japan
(COK • cool • crazy • culture • Expo 2025 • Hatsune Miku • kabuki • virtual idols • Vocaloid)

How Japanese people deal with death at Nagasaki’s Shoro Nagashi ceremony

Oona McGee
Aug 23, 2024

Honouring the dead in a moving way that aids the grieving process.

Japan
(ancestor worship • COK • culture • festivals • fireworks • holidays • Japanese festivals • Mariko Ohanabatake • Nagasaki • Obon • Shoro Nagashi • SNJO • Spirit Boat Procession • summer • tradition • travel)

Survey finds Japan to be least god-fearing nation in the world and it’s not even close

Master Blaster
Aug 21, 2024

Jesus is just… all right with Japan.

Global, Japan
(COK • culture • God • Jesus • religion • society • survey)

The unusual and surprising ways people in Nagasaki celebrate Obon, the festival of spirits

Oona McGee
Aug 16, 2024

One of the few places in Japan where you’ll see families setting off fireworks at the cemetery.

Japan
(ancestor worship • cemetery • COK • culture • fireworks • graves • gravestone • graveyard • holidays • Mariko Ohanabatake • Nagasaki • Obon • SNJO • summer • tradition • travel)

Japan’s two-month Shut-in Pilgrimage – A 1,200-year-old way to deal with a modern issue

Casey Baseel
Aug 15, 2024

Program helps hikikomori take steps towards reconnecting with the outside world.

Japan
(COK • culture • hikikomori • history • mental health • Shikoku • Shikoku Henro • Shikoku Pilgrimage • shut-ins • society)

Mr. Sato dons full pilgrim fashion to escape the summer heat

Master Blaster
Aug 10, 2024

Let’s take it back to ’79… 1879.

Japan
(ajirogasa • COK • culture • dabo-gi • fashion • funny • heat • Karajishibotan • koiguchi • Mr. Sato • SNJO • summer)

Pikachu appears as a noh actor in kimono at Pokémon x Crafts Exhibition in Japan

Oona McGee
Aug 7, 2024

A rare chance to see Pokémon like you’ve never seen them before.

Japan
(anime • art • cool • culture • exhibition • Japanese traditional crafts • kimono • museums • Pikachu • Pokemon • tradition • traditional crafts)

Rest in style – Japanese company bringing back kofun burial mounds for the modern era

Casey Baseel
Aug 6, 2024

An exciting development for kofun fans.

Japan
(burial mounds • cemetaries • cool • crazy • culture • graves • history • Kofun • weird)

How to dress for summer in Japan: Tips from a rickshaw driver in Asakusa

Oona McGee
Aug 1, 2024

Fashion advice on how to dress for a Japanese summer leads us to some historic stores.

Japan
(Asakusa • clothes • clothing • COK • cool • culture • fashion • festival clothes • festivals • old shops • rickshaw drivers • rickshaws • Sensoji • Sensoji Temple • shopping • shops • SNJO • summer • temples • Tokyo • tokyo rickshaw • tourism • tradition • traditional clothes • travel)

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