Pandemic Diaries: Reading Over 1,300 Chapters of Hajime no Ippo As far as pandemic-related stay-at-home hobbies go, I wasn’t able to get on the sourdough…
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Emperor Naruhito Emperor Naruhito turns 61 today and to mark the occasion we thought we’d take a…
How to Celebrate Setsubun: All You Need to Know About Japan’s Bean Throwing, Demons and Fortune Tradition If you’ve been curiously eyeing the displays of dried beans in the convenience store, and wondering…
Noh Online: Funa Benkei, Legendary Hero, Riding the Wave from Tokyo to the World An online performance of one of the most popular Noh plays, Funa Benkei, will be streamed…
Tokyo’s 5 O’Clock Chime – What Is That Song? One doesn’t have to be in Tokyo — or anywhere in Japan — for long before…
A Trip to Kakunodate, Samurai Town of the North Kakunodate in Semboku City, Akita, is a wonderful destination in any season. Now with the…
Discovering the Best of Tohoku at JAPAN RAIL CAFE TOKYO Due to Covid-19, inbound tourism has significantly decreased and there is no way to tell…
Celebrating Oshogatsu: An Introduction to Japanese New Year Traditions Surrounded by friends and usually with a drink in hand, much of the world celebrates…
Kamakura Hanko is Preserving a Japanese Legacy The majestic heights of Mount Fuji. Geisha walking the streets of Gion in Kyoto. Cherry…
The Fight to Save Japan’s Remote Villages through 44 Resilience Values The village of Nakatsugawa, located in Iide, Yamagata prefecture, is one of the most uniquely…
Osechi Ryori: The Meaning Behind Japan’s Traditional New Year Food In many western countries, you’re probably likely to spend part of New Year’s Day sleeping…
New Game “Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin” Teaches Players More Than the Basics of Rice Growing You may be thinking that the last thing you need right now is one more…
A GLIDE ON THE GREAT WAVE ～Experience Japanese Culture at TNM～ Go to the TNM & Toppan Museum Theater at Tokyo National Museum to ‘glide’ on…
10 Kanto Spots To Take The Perfect Fall Foliage Photos Whether you call it autumn leaves, fall foliage, or changing of the leaves, there’s something…
Japanese Words We Can’t Translate: Komorebi According to the Oxford Dictionary, there were an estimated 170,000 words in use in the…
