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Can’t afford to buy an island but want to chill on an empty beach? Rent one for about $600 a day!

Preston Phro
Jan 28, 2016
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Need a background for your Katy Perry “Roar” cosplay photo shoot? Sarushima may be the perfect destination!

Japan
(beach fun • islands • Kanagawa • Monkey Island • Sarushima)

Sorry, ladies: Yokohama’s got all-new “Japan”-themed capsule hotel rooms just for men

Krista Rogers
Dec 19, 2015

Gentlemen, let loose your inner samurai when you stay in these latest “wa-kapu” Japan-themed capsule rooms at the Business Inn New City in Yokohama City.

Japan
(Business Inn New City • capsule hotel • Kanagawa • samurai • themed • Yokohama)

New Dino-themed restaurant is already super popular, has rideable dinosaurs

KK Miller
Aug 20, 2015

Everyone loves the excitement of a good themed restaurant, and if you’re in Japan, you have plenty of options to choose from. There are ninja restaurants, jail-themed restaurants, hospital-styled restaurants, and more anime/manga themed cafes than you can shake a stick at.

With the whole world riding high on dinosaurs this year, it makes you wonder if anyone has ever tried a dinosaur restaurant before. Well you don’t have to wonder anymore, because Dinosaur – Ancient Times Restaurant and Bar opened in Yamato City in Kanagawa Prefecture this week! We sent our most dino-rific writer P.K. Sanjun to see if it was worth the 65-million-year wait.

Japan
(dinosaurs • fun • Kanagawa • themed restaurants)

We try Japanese desserts made with bits of tuna. What could go wrong? 【Taste test】

Casey Baseel
Jun 25, 2015

Okay, Japan, I’m trusting you on this one. There have been a lot of times in the past when I was skeptical about your foods, and repeatedly you’ve proven me wrong.

You hit a home run with the raw fish thing. Pasta with spicy cod roe and seaweed? Now one of my go-to choices for a quick, hot meal. Grilled chicken cartilage? Stuff is delicious.

And now you want me to try desserts made with tuna? Sure, let’s do this.

Japan
(crazy • fish • food • Japanese sweets • Kanagawa • sushi • sweets • taste test • weird)

First video ad for 2015 Pikachu outbreak event reminds us how adorable last year’s was

Casey Baseel
Jun 17, 2015

Roughly half an hour south of Tokyo by train, the city of Yokohama is a great place to hang out in the summer. The city boasts great dining and beautiful parks, plus most of its attractions are located near the harbor, which is regularly caressed by cooling breezes.

Of course, it’s not just people who enjoy heading down to the bayside capital of Kanagawa Prefecture, but Pokémon as well. Just like they did last year, packs of Pikachus will be spending their summer vacation in Yokohama, and the first ad for their upcoming visit gives us a taste of what’s in store.

Japan
(anime • events • Kanagawa • nintendo • Pikachu • Pokemon • video games • Yokohama)

Japan’s 30 best travel destinations, as chosen by overseas visitors

Casey Baseel
Jun 16, 2015

Just in time for the peak summer travel season, website TripAdvisor has released its annual list of the highest-rated spots in Japan from its foreign users. With 30 amazing locations on the list, you’ll want to start your journey as soon as possible if your goal is to see them all, so let’s dive right in and take a look at this year’s picks.

Japan
(culture • gardens • Hiroshima • Kanagawa • Kyoto • shrines • temples • travel)

Hilton Odawara Resort & Spa is offering special ninja training and recognition for your children!

Krista Rogers
May 6, 2015

Hilton’s Odawara Resort & Spa, tucked away in Kanagawa Prefecture’s southwestern Odawara City, is offering something that you and your children simply can’t refuse: the opportunity for them to participate in special ninja training during your brief stay at the hotel!

Japan
(children • Hilton • Kanagawa • Ninja • Odawara • resort • spa)

Apple opening first non-U.S. development center in Yokohama, Japan

Casey Baseel
Dec 10, 2014

To many visitors, both coming from elsewhere in Japan and abroad, Yokohama seems quaint and relaxed. Sure, it’s the second biggest city in the country, but Yokohama is best known for its bayside parks, giant Ferris wheel, and Chinatown (plus its occasional Pikachu outbreaks).

But Yokohama has also been the entry point to Japan for some of its largest cultural and technological influences. It was the site of Japan’s first gas lamps, photography studio, and even brewery as the country opened itself to outside visitors and innovations in the latter half of the 19th century. Viewed from that historical perspective, it’s fitting that technology giant Apple is setting up a new research and development center in Yokohama.

Japan, USA
(Apple • business • ipad • iPhone • Kanagawa • technology • Yokohama)

Don’t point that camera at me! Man arrested for taking “normal” picture on train

KK Miller
Sep 3, 2014

Japanese people love to take pictures. Whenever you see them on vacation, no matter if it’s their first time or their thousandth time, they are always taking them. In fact, Japan was one of the first countries to sell mobile phones equipped with a camera back in 2000. Having a camera on you at all times sure does come in handy, as you’ll always be able to capture that special moment wherever you are.

Unfortunately, sometimes that special moment is a peep-shot or a scandalous photo which is certainly a violation of privacy. Japan has taken a very no-nonsense approach to help stop these highly inappropriate photos, and it comes in the form of the Anti-Nuisance Ordinance. So powerful is this law that the latest person to be arrested has caused a bit of commotion. His crime? Taking a picture of a fully-clothed woman sitting beside him on the train.

Japan
(anti-nuisance ordinance • arrest • camera • clothed • crime • Kanagawa • law)

Israeli bath and beauty product maker Sabon opening beach restaurant in Kamakura

Casey Baseel
Jun 29, 2014

Having grown up a quick drive from southern California’s miles and miles of prime coastline, I’ll admit Japanese beaches can sometimes be a little underwhelming. Among other problems, they’re crowded with day trippers during midsummer, and infested with jellyfish as the season winds down.

One great thing about beaches in Japan, though, are the umi no ie, temporary restaurants/lounges built right on the sand and only operated during July and August. Due to their temporary nature (the buildings are completely disassembled come September), umi no ie used to be pretty bare-bones. In recent years, though, the ones at Japan’s more popular beaches have been attracting some well-known corporate sponsors and collaborative partners, such as Israeli bath and beauty product manufacturer Sabon, which is set to open its first umi no ie next week.

Japan
(beaches • beauty • Kamakura • Kanagawa • restaurants)

Beautiful hydrangea pattern adds a touch of elegance to traditional Japanese fish cake

Casey Baseel
Jun 26, 2014

Certain types of Japanese food, like tempura or grilled yakitori chicken skewers, are pretty agreeable to Western palates. In recent years, sushi has made inroads into the international dining scene, too.

Many non-Japanese diners, though, still feel a little hesitant about kamaboko, or fish cake. Despite its mild flavor, there’s just something incongruous about it in many people’s minds. It’s actually pretty tasty stuff, though, and if you’re on the fence about trying it, we should point out that it has a surprisingly mild flavor.

Or, perhaps we could entice you with this special variety of kamaboko that, when cut, reveals an elegant hydrangea pattern.

Japan
(beautiful • fish • flowers • food • Kanagawa)

New 3D aquarium show to let visitors experience a trip to the deep sea in Enoshima

Scott R Dixon
Jun 11, 2014

Japanese aquariums are a pretty popular destination for families during the summer break in July and August. As a part of Enoshima Aquarium’s 10th anniversary celebration, it is putting on a show called “Night Aquarium” where 3D projection mapping will make it seem like visitors have traveled to the deepest parts of the ocean.

Beginning on July 20, the special show will use the aquarium as a backdrop during the evening and project moving images of sea life around the awestruck sightseers. Although other aquariums have given visitors a rather intimate look at deep-sea creatures, this is the first time an aquarium has use this projection mapping technology and is sure to draw big crowds.

Japan
(Aquarium • deep-sea • Enoshima • Kanagawa • NAKED Inc. • projection mapping)

Japanese constitution nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Angelina Lucienne
Apr 14, 2014

The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize has an unprecedented nomination: the Ninth Article of the Japanese constitution. The Ninth Article renounces the right to engage in war or to maintain a military. The group advocating the nomination, the “Constitution’s Ninth Article for the Nobel Peace Prize,” is based in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Housewife Naomi Takusu (37) came up with the idea. She started an online petition last May and garnered 1,500 signatures in just five days. She contacted the Nobel Committee, from whose response she learned that candidates can only be nominated through certain channels and must be individuals or groups. She changed her strategy and tried again for 2014.

Japan
(JSDF • Kanagawa • Ninth Article • Nobel Peace Prize • politics)

Yes, Hello Kitty really does need a fedora, and the reason why is delicious

Casey Baseel
Aug 22, 2013

Has Hello Kitty finally buckled to hipster fashion trends? Has she been tapped to replace the aging Harrison Ford in an upcoming new Indiana Jones movie, under the logic that if the franchise can include aliens, why not anthropomorphic cats, too? Or has she simply decided to make a living as a hard-boiled private eye?

That third theory actually isn’t so far off the mark, but as with any good mystery, the real culprit behind Kitty-chan’s throwback headgear is someone, or in this case something, you’d never expect: custard pudding.

Japan
(cute • food • Hello Kitty • Kanagawa • pudding • sweets • Yokohama)

Marine park offers chance to shake hands with a loveable otter

Master Blaster
Jul 14, 2013

It’s generally agreed that few members of the animal kingdom can quite match the level of cuteness offered by the humble otter. Watching those little guys floating on their backs and eating off their tummies makes you just want to snatch them up from the water and take them home.

Well, now Keikyu Aburatsubo Marine Park is still not letting you do that, but they are giving you the next best thing without violating poaching laws. From now until 13 September, you can get a little touchy feeling with their otters by letting them grab your finger.

Japan
(cute • Kanagawa • Otter)

Pool Season is Just Around the… Dear God! Someone Help Them!

Master Blaster
Mar 19, 2013

It looks like winter is behind us in Japan now and we can soon look forward to taking a dip outdoors. However, it looks as if these people jumped the gun by a month or so and took the plunge early… with all their clothes on… carrying bags and sinking to the bottom like a stone…

What on earth is going on here?

Japan
(art • illusion • Kanagawa • pool • video)

Japanese Netizens Rally Behind Politician Arrested For Brutally Attacking Wife’s Lover

Master Blaster
Mar 14, 2012

Earlier this month in Kanagawa Prefecture, a high ranking government official was arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife’s “male acquaintance.” The attack took place when Mr. Noda (47) discovered his wife entering a hotel with another man (44) after following her when she left home late in the evening. In the heat of the moment, Mr. Noda confronted them and allegedly ended up severely beating the man in the face and chest, breaking several ribs.

A few days after the confrontation, the alleged victim filed a complaint with the authorities. After Mr. Noda was arrested, the story hit blogs across the internet and triggered a landslide of support for him.