Baseball tournament officials defend the ban on female students as a necessary measure to help protect their safety.
Oona McGee
Half-Japanese Oona McGee hails from Sydney, Australia, where she worked as a journalist and copywriter before making the move to Japan over a decade ago. Now she spends her days exploring the streets of Tokyo with her laptop and camera, always in search of new cafes, restaurants, events and stories to share with our readers. As an experienced food and travel reporter, Oona has travelled extensively through all 47 prefectures of Japan, and is constantly researching new destinations and drawing up itineraries for her next adventure.
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After looking at the brilliant gold leaf covering the World Heritage-listed temple, you can now eat it too, in a beautifully presented ice cream cone.
Artists from around the country took part in the project, which sees Pikachu saying thank you in forty different ways.
This cat’s hilariously well-timed, meow-filled responses are convincing the world he understands Japanese!
Exeggutor turns into a tall palm tree for the new Pokémon Sun and Moon games and fans have wasted no time in making fun of him with a slew of hilarious memes!
Come with us as we introduce you to ten weird and wonderful mixed-breed Pokémon making trainers laugh around the country.
While the world searches for the elusive Pokémon in the game, Ditto has transformed himself into a giant pillow for fans in Japan.
With many offering free admission, these company and factory observation tours have earned a spot in the top ten according to travel website TripAdvisor.
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This cat can sense something’s changed with his buddy and the way he stares at it as he tries to figure out what’s happened is melting our hearts!
Leave your bag at home and fill up the pockets of this denim hoodie with all your tech instead.
The popular lingerie retailer is daring its customers to bare their bras to the world this summer.
The “Brilliant Capsule” sales area in Shinjuku is filled with plenty of adorable and ladylike anime goods!
The Guinness World record-holding game joins up with the Guinness World record-holding rice paddy to create a Dragon Quest artwork on a massive scale.
Test your knowledge of Japanese trends by spotting the “buzz points” in this action-packed commercial.
One of Japan’s most famous gamers tops all other performances we’ve ever seen by marching and drumming up a storm, clearing the song without looking at the screen.
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