2019 Rugby World Cup: How to Buy Tickets for Games in Japan The door to 2019 has been flung open and several new eras for Japan have…
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What You Can Learn From the Top English-Speaking YouTubers in Japan Making the decision to move to Japan can be a tough one, and once finally…
8 Things You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: January 11–14 When Japan enacted the Happy Monday holiday system they generously made Coming of Age Day,…
Escape the Jungle of Tokyo at Japan’s Top Zoos Land in Japan doesn’t come cheaply, so when the country dedicates acres of it to…
6 New Year’s Resolutions to Make If You Live in Japan As we step into 2019, here are six suggestions for achievable resolutions that can have…
8 Things You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: January 4–6 Along with 2019 we usher in the year of the boar, the 12th and final…
An Urban Explorer’s Unsettling Photos from Abandoned Places in Japan There is something that draws us to places abandoned. Pictures of derelict houses, empty schools,…
8 Things You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: December 28–30 Make last weekend of 2018 a memorable occasion with everything Tokyo does best, from holiday illuminations…
Find Inner Peace at 4 English-language Zen Meditation Experiences near Tokyo “Meditation is enlightenment itself” ~ Dogen Zenji, founder of Soto Zen In today’s hectic, fast-paced…
Explore The Newly Reborn Hakubutsukan-Dōbutsuen Station Tokyo boasts one of the most extensive subway systems in the world but it didn’t…
10 Things To Do in Tokyo on Christmas Day 2018 While Christmas Day isn’t a recognized national holiday in Tokyo, there are still plenty of…
10 Things You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: December 21–24 While Christianity officially arrived in Japan with Portuguese traders in the 1540s, Aomori legend says…
Japanese Craft Beers to Warm Up With This Winter The long dark nights of Japan winters lend themselves nicely to sitting around the kotatsu…
Tokyo Kaikan: The Iconic Event Hall Reopens in January 2019 One of Tokyo’s most beloved event halls and networking spaces, Tokyo Kaikan, will reopen on…
