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A spotlight on Japanese singles figure skating: Sliding onto the World Stage【Pt. I】
- Krista Rogers
Jan 29, 2026 - Tweet
In this two-part series just in time for the 2026 Winter Olympics, we’re taking a look at Japanese skaters who have shaped the sport past and present.
- Japan
- (athletes • celebrities • Daisuke Takahashi • famous • figure skating • history • ice skating • Mao Asada • Midori Ito • Shizuka Arakawa • Shoma Uno • spotlights • winter olympics • winter sport • Yuzuru Hanyu)
Nagoya’s dark-red miso has continued to capture tastebuds for generations
- Elliot Hale
Dec 31, 2025
One taste and lighter varieties may never be enough for you again.
- Japan
- (Aichi • akamiso • culture • Elliot Hale • fermented soybeans • hatcho miso • history • Ichibiki • local cuisine • local food • mamemiso • Miso • miso soup • Nagoya • Okazaki • red miso • regional food • SNO • soybean miso • Tokai • tradition • Yabaton)
Proposed sakura name for new middle school in Japan draws complaints for kamikaze overlap
- Casey Baseel
Dec 22, 2025
This isn’t the cherry blossom image the committee was going for.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • education • history • kamikaze • Ohka • sakura • schools • society • World War II)
Kyoto samurai house wants to share its history of seppuku, torture and gold coins with visitors
- Oona McGee
Dec 12, 2025
If these walls could talk, they would probably scream.
- Japan
- (cool • culture • Edo period • Former Maekawa Residence • history • Kyoto • samurai • SNJO • tourists sites • travel)
Tokyo event lets you travel back in time, for free, to celebrate 100 years since Showa era start
- Elliot Hale
Dec 11, 2025
A fully recreated Showa-style living room, with a modern surprise, awaits retro-seeking visitors.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • history • nostalgia • retro • Showa Era • Showa period • Showa retro • Showa Retro Fair • Tokyo)
Uniqlo Ukiyo-e Blue T-shirts: A cool-hued reinterpretation of some of Japan’s greatest paintings
- Casey Baseel
Dec 8, 2025
Collaboration with American art museum puts the works of Hokusai and Hiroshige in the Prussian blue spotlight.
- Japan
- (culture • Hiroshige • history • hokusai • Katsushika Hokusai • paintings • shirts • t-shirts • The Great Wave off Kanagawa • ukiyo-e • Uniqlo • UT • Utagawa Hiroshige • woodblock prints)
The 10 best day trips from downtown Tokyo【Survey】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 23, 2025
10 great getaways from Japan’s crowded capital, all within two hours of Tokyo Station.
- Japan
- (Chiba • culture • day-trips • food • history • Japan travel • Kanagawa • Saitama • Tokyo day trips • tourism.Tokyo • travel)
Kyoto’s for-adults immersive samurai theme park announces opening date
- Casey Baseel
Nov 21, 2025
Renovations are almost finished for Toei’s Uzumasa Kyoto Village.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • awesome • cool • culture • Edo period • Eigamura • history • Kyoto • Kyoto Studio Park • movies • samurai • theme parks • Toei • Uzumasa Kyoto Village)
Tokyo National Museum seeking donations to pave over pond, create space for beer and music events
- Casey Baseel
Nov 14, 2025
Public reactions to redevelopment plan for Japan’s largest collection of historically significant artwork has been less than positive.
- Japan
- (art • culture • history • museums • redevelopment • Tokyo National Museum • Ueno • Ueno Park)
New Kyoto experience package lets you film epic samurai battles with your friends
- Casey Baseel
Nov 3, 2025
Something a little more action-packed than the typical kimono stroll photo shoot.
- Japan
- (Arashiyama • awesome • COK • cool • history • Kyoto • photo shoot • samurai • samurai armor)
Japan Legal Wedding service offers a path for travelers to hold destination weddings in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Oct 31, 2025
Company offers wedding services at shrines, temples, and castles in northeastern Japan.
- Japan
- (castles • culture • destination weddings • history • Japan travel • marriage • Miyagi • romance • samurai • Sendai • tourism • travel • wedding ceremonies • weddings)
Visiting Dejima, the only island where Westerners were allowed in Japan for hundreds of years
- Casey Baseel
Sep 23, 2025
Designed to let foreign goods in while keeping foreign ideas out, this Nagasaki neighborhood is one of the most historically significant places in Japan.
A crash course in Japanese folktales from a trip to the five Taro Parks of Gifu【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 18, 2025
Technically there are four Taros, but these are still five legends worth knowing.
- Japan
- (COK • culture • folktales • history • Kintaro • Momotaro • nature • outdoors • parks • SNJO • tourism • travel • Urashima Taro)
This overlooked neighborhood east of Tokyo is awesome in many ways, left us with just one regret
- Casey Baseel
Sep 10, 2025
And that regret is entirely on us, not on Shimosa Nakayama Station.
- Japan
- (COK • culture • food • history • Mr. Sato • Shimosa Nakayama • SNJO • temples • tourism • travel)
The number of tourists was declining in this Japanese city, but Ono is now making its comeback
- Elliot Hale
Aug 24, 2025
Bouncing back after a natural disaster, Ono showcases the charm of its floating castle, pristine springs, and soy sauce gelato.
- Japan
- (castles • COK • culture • Fukui • fukui prefecture • history • Japan travel • Ono • Shichiken-dori • SNJO • spring water • Tasuku Egawa • tourism • travel)
World’s oldest manga is now a bra thanks to Japanese lingerie maker’s art history series【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 16, 2025
Peach John’s Master’s Bra design draws inspiration from an official national treasure of Japan.
- Japan
- (anime • art • Choju-Giga • Chojugiga • Chojujinbutsugiga Choju-giga • culture • fashion • history • lingerie • manga • Master’s Bra • Peach John)
This traditional Japanese castle keep is home to a branch of government
- Oona McGee
Jul 23, 2025
Ruling the land from inside a Japanese fortress.
- Japan
- (castle • castles • cool • culture • Fukui • government • history • japanese castle • Japanese castles • SNJO • travel)
Hotel in Osaka offering shaved ice based on historical Japanese warlords
- Master Blaster
Jun 30, 2025
Nobunaga’s edible ambition.
- Japan
- (desserts • DoubleTree by Hilton Osaka Castle • history • kakigori • Oda Nobunaga • Osaka • Osaka Castle • Sengoku period • shaved ice • Tokugawa Ieyasu • Toyotomi Hideyoshi • Warring States Period)
See 400 years of Osaka’s history in 10 minutes at housing museum’s new VR exhibit
- Master Blaster
Jun 30, 2025
You can’t keep a good city down.
- Japan
- (COK • Hirano-dori • history • museums • Osaka • Osaka Castle • Osaka Museum of Housing and Living • Sakai-suji • tourism • travel • VR)
A nearly 400-year-old Kyoto temple ordinarily closed to public is accepting visitors this summer
- Casey Baseel
Jun 27, 2025
A rare chance to see this temple-within-a-temple that’s off the beaten tourist track.
- Japan
- (art • beautiful • COK • culture • history • Kyoto • Myoshinji • SNJO • temples • Tenkyuin • tourism • travel)
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Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
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New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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