The World’s Best Hot Springs: Picked by Japan’s Most Famous Female Comedy Group They’re the most famous all-female comedic trio in Japan. Known collectively as Mori San Chu;…
New Book Documents One of the Most Harrowing Stories to Come Out of 3/11 “Amane recounted how Daisuke, the class captain, and Yuki, his sidekick, addressed their class teacher,…
Can a Love Coach or “Spouse Hunting” Party Help You Find The One in Tokyo? Finding love or even just a meaningful connection can be difficult in Tokyo. If love…
The Stories Behind Japan’s Gold Medals in PyeongChang The four gold medals won by Japan at the 2018 PyeongChang Games was double the…
Meet the Japanese Athletes Who Are Going for Gold in PyeongChang With the Winter Olympics due to start in South Korea this Friday, Weekender decided to…
Shiori Ito, the Face of the #MeToo Movement in Japan, Speaks Out As more women around the world are going public about the sexual assault they’ve endured,…
What Made Melo Imai Go From Olympic Snow Boarder to Gravure Idol? At February’s PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics, team Japan will be hoping for much better results than…
The New Japanese Acoustic System That Makes You Feel Like You’re in a Forest Weekender was recently invited to Hibino’s Sound Laboratory in Chiba where we were treated to…
The A-Z of 2017: The Biggest and Strangest Stories of the Year in Japan As we bid farewell to another year and welcome a fresh start, we reflect on…
Osaka’s Midosuji Autumn Party Goes Bigger and Better for 2017 A large scale event in front of an estimated crowd of 300,000 people, Osaka’s annual…
Director Itsuji Itao on Bringing “Spark” to the Big Screen Just over a year after Naoki Matayoshi‘s Akutagawa-prize winning novel Hibana was turned into ten-part…
Meet Japan’s Astounding Teen Prodigies One of Japan’s most hotly anticipated movie releases of 2017, March Comes in Like a…
Dining with Geisha and Delving Into Kyoto’s Cinematic History at the Kyoto International Film and Art Festival Popular actor Tadanobu Asano picked up the Toshiro Mifune Award at this year’s Kyoto International…
Top Things to Do, Eat, and See in Tohoku The 2011 earthquake and tsunami left the Tohoku region devastated, but far from beaten. If…
Exploring the UNESCO and Anime-Inspiring Wonders of the Hokuriku Region A three-day tour of the Hokuriku region began in Kanazawa and ended in Toyama. Along…
