It’s known as one of the nation’s top three most bizarre festivals and has resulted in deaths when it’s held every six years, but now you can experience the ride first-hand at any time of year!
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Samurai warrior designs get a warm-weather overhaul with colourful patterns and unique sheer fabrics.
Soseki Natsume: writer, a man long dead. We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better than he was: better, stronger, faster…
Perhaps Hello Crab was a secret best left undiscovered.
Shibuya restaurant is ready to give customers as big a smile as the rising anime director’s feel-good movies.
Tokyo’s version of the naked dining experience is slightly different to its overseas counterparts.
Why not up your Japanese language skills by learning a local dialect? Here are some phrases to get you started!
While it doesn’t answer the age-old question of which came first, the chicken or the egg, this high school class experiment is a pretty amazing one nonetheless.
Contribute to the cause and keep a centuries-old tradition alive on the streets by wearing 450 years of history on your feet.
“On that day, we ticks received a grim reminder. We lived in fear of the five-foot-tall humans.”
Beloved series Death Note is bringing fans a chance to team up with L for a realistic escape game.
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