Japan Train Superlatives: 23 Fun Facts for Dinner Party Convos For many people, life in Japan is dictated by trains. We rely on the smooth…
5 Things To Do With Your Mom When She Visits Tokyo It’s inevitable that during your Japanese adventure, your mother will visit at some point. She’ll…
Tokyo’s 8 Most Instagrammable Pieces of Modern Architecture A city that is constantly pushing the architectural boundaries while staying true to traditional Japanese…
8 Things You Don’t Want To Miss This Weekend: August 17-19 From alternative rock superstars to Kodo drummers to sunflowers, Japan’s summer of festivals continues this…
8 Things You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: August 10-12 The geniuses who decide things in this country implemented the Mountain Day holiday two years ago to…
10 Events You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: August 3-5 Japanese events typically operate under two themes: old meets new and East meets West. The…
10 Events You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: July 27-29 If you’re bored this weekend, then you’re boring. Fuji Rock, that mammoth mountain festival in Niigata…
Tokyo’s Deadly Heat Wave: The Latest Numbers and Local Tips for Staying Cool Record-high temperatures are taking their toll on Tokyoites this week. With the peak of summer…
Uchimizu: The Japanese Tradition of Sprinkling Water to Beat the Heat The high humidity and soaring temperatures of summer in Japan can call for creative measures…
8 Events You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: July 20-22 Be as hot as you want this weekend. From face-melting fireworks spectaculars to barn-burning music festivals to…
10 Events You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: July 13-15 Summer festivals are in full swing this weekend, from music to food to Brazilian samba.…
Make Your Own Sundae Candles and Home Fragrance in Yokohama Walking into Masahiko Matsuo’s candle and perfumery store in Yokohama is kind of like climbing into a…
8 Events You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: July 6-8 Revel on another level during a weekend full of festivals. Speaking of the devil, the…
Top Tokyo Summer Matsuri Festivals for 2018 Right, so you’ve picked out the fireworks and music festivals you’re going to this summer.…
“I Gave Up My Full-Time Job to Be a Japan-Based Travel Writer” Dreaming of throwing in the towel on daily routines and going the digital nomad way instead?…
