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Travel can give you the opportunity to experience many things. A deeper understanding of your fellow human beings. A recognition of hidden strengths that might have lain dormant for years. Or, the…
By Alec Jordan
Following a record-breaking 4–0 start by the U.S. side, Nadeshiko Japan were unable to make up the difference and go down 5–2. The Japanese women’s team went into the FIFA Women’s World…
Step beyond pad thai and standard curries with the expansive menus and authentic flavors of this Tokyo franchise. Isan is a region in the northeast of Thailand that borders on Laos and…
Well, this could be one way to either get a fair amount of attention from airport security. Or a laugh. Or both. The PARCO department store had already put out its first…
To call something poetry in motion is a cliche, of course, but there are some things—an athlete or a dancer at peak performance come to mind—that truly earn that phrase and make…
Children (no matter how old they are) will probably recognize the names of H. A. and Margret Rey, the creators of the beloved “Curious George” series. But less known are the two…
Japanese salarymen may be getting a bad rap: perhaps they’re a bit more fun than we think they are, and by the looks of these photos, some of them have decent leaping abilities. This…
World Order, the robot dancing brainchild of former mixed martial artist Genki Sudo, took to the pitcher’s mound last week to deliver what might be one of the most innovative first pitches…
By Alec Jordan The plot is more than familiar: an overseas celebrity comes through Japan, works on an ad campaign they’d never think to do—or be asked to do—in their home country,…
If you’ve spent any amount of time in Japan, you’ve probably heard the word omotenashi quite a few times, as it describes an idea that lies at the heart of Japanese culture.…
Keep your eyes out for the February issue of Tokyo Weekender magazine on the shelves around Tokyo—we hope you can pick your copy up soon, or stay tuned and read our features…
For learners of Japanese, onomatopoeia words (words that “sort of” sound like what they’re meant to represent) can be the most difficult to remember, especially these kinds—pera pera, gara gara, butsu butsu,…
