8 Things You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: May 24–26 The second Roppongi Art Night was held in 2010 during cherry blossom season, and guests…
30 of Japan’s Hottest Music Festivals for Summer and Beyond Nothing says summer like music festivals. We have the lowdown on the biggest and best…
From #MeToo to #KuToo: Japanese Women are Becoming Bolder Against Misogyny In the face of continued sexualization of and discrimination against women in Japan, a few…
8 Things You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: May 17–19 The bustling tourist area of Asakusa was once Edo’s storage area for rice, and as former…
10 Things You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: May 10–12 “Though my body may decay on the island of Ezo, my spirit guards my lord…
Complete Guide to Drafting a Last Will in Japan While not topics we like to discuss, nothing is more certain than death and taxes.…
8 Festivals You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: May 3–6 As Japan’s new emperor ascended the throne on May 1, ushering in the Reiwa Era,…
The Top 5 Shotengai Shopping Streets in Tokyo If you truly want to experience Tokyo, or need to squeeze in some last-minute souvenir…
Ultimate Guide to Spending the 10-Day Golden Week Holiday in Tokyo More than two-thirds of Japan will be traveling during the 10-day Golden Week holiday, so why…
8 Things You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: April 19–21 It is a misnomer that sake is a rice wine. Sake is sake. Grapes naturally…
What’s It Like to Be a Life Model in Tokyo? “What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the…
4 Events Not to Miss This Spring at Isezaki Mall in Yokohama Always full of life, Isezaki Mall in Yokohama has a thriving event scene. Drop by…
8 Things You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: April 12–14 On the first leg of her eight-month tour around the world, Moomin creator Tove Jansson stopped…
Best Tokyo Bars to Watch the 2019 Rugby World Cup This autumn 48 Rugby World Cup games will be played on Japanese shores. That’s a…
8 Things You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: April 5–7 Shortly after the Tokugawa Shogunate relocated Japan’s capital to Edo in the 17th century, shrewd entrepreneur Takatoshi…
