airplanes
Fashion mogul’s stylish plane, with a Japanese washlet toilet and karaoke machine, could be yours…if you’re also super rich.
Skipping the Shinkansen lets you spend as many nights as you want in off-the-beaten-path Japan.
A Japanese musician describes his delightfully surprising encounter with a fellow music and anime lover from Europe.
Typhoon makes Kansai International’s runway indistinguishable from the ocean around the island, turns 5.7 million-pound boat into instrument of havoc.
Backlash is swift for plan which offered in-flight companionship from one of five young, intelligent women.
Most people get restless on flights over three or four hours long, but one Oregonian man has been living on an airliner for 15 years, and says he now has eyes on Miyazaki, Japan for his next destination.
You probably won’t be inclined to do any of these things on this list, but you should probably read it anyway because all 10 of these things happened in the past few years in China.
After the sun sets in Japan, new landscapes emerge, with twinkling lights on land and at sea creating night scenes so stunning a “night view summit” is held every year to rank the best sights around the country.
While cityscapes continually take the top spots year after year, there’s one talented photographer who’s drawing our attention away from the twinkling lights of the city and towards two surprising new locations: factories and airports. While the places might seem ordinary, the images are the most stunning we’ve ever seen.
Following their conquest of Japan, the high school idols of hit anime Love Live! have their eyes set on the rest of the world, with an international release for their first theatrical feature. But even that might not be a big enough stage for the animated vocalists. They’re now on their way to taking over the skies as well, since you can now watch Love Live! anime on selected flights on, of all carriers, Qatar Airways.
MOST POPULAR
Now
Japanese maid delivery service brings omurice to your door 【Video】
The mystery of the phantom “sake pass card” at Japanese alcohol vending machines
Starbucks Japan reveals second sakura cherry blossom drinkware range for 2020
Love Live! poster showing anime schoolgirl in see-through skirt divides public opinion in Japan
Kobe hospital robbed of 6,000 surgical masks
Japanese restaurant in Paris vandalized with “coronavirus” graffiti【Photos】
Did the Akira manga predict the coronavirus epidemic?
Old-school train car and tourist information center in Shibuya set to move to Akita this summer
A pack of natto (fermented Japanese soybeans) a day keeps the death away according to study
We visit Shibuya Station’s limited-time unmanned ramen eatery for a dose of the future! 【Photos】
Weekly
Japanese man berates American woman for “crime” against taiyaki, ends up converted to her ways
Can you solve this crazy difficult, super satisfying math puzzle from a Japanese middle schooler?
Japan’s best train pass, the Japan Rail Pass, finally being made available for purchase online
Japan’s one-person bento box-sized rice cooker can give you freshly cooked rice at the office
A warning to think twice before taking photos of a crab dinner lying in a Japanese subway station
These apartments are crazy-small even by Tokyo standards, and super-popular with young people
Our male otaku tries Japan’s anime heroine mascara, learns what it’s like to be shojo manga star
Japanese fans ecstatic to see Takakao Matsu perform at Oscars with Idina Menzel and 9 other Elsas
Can a curry shop legally ban you if you don’t finish your rice? A Japanese lawyer chimes in- Love Live! poster showing anime schoolgirl in see-through skirt divides public opinion in Japan
Monthly
Japan goes beyond rice cookers with new curry rice cooker, the kitchen gadget we need right now- Japan’s one-person bento box-sized rice cooker can give you freshly cooked rice at the office
My Hero Academia creator, publisher make official apologies for controversial character name- Can you solve this crazy difficult, super satisfying math puzzle from a Japanese middle schooler?
Out-of-business Tokyo McDonald’s gets brutal but kind sendoff from rival Burger King branch- A warning to think twice before taking photos of a crab dinner lying in a Japanese subway station
Demon-slaying Dojigiri, one of Japan’s Five Swords Under Heaven, now on display at Kasuga Shrine- Japanese man berates American woman for “crime” against taiyaki, ends up converted to her ways
Controversial My Hero Academia character gets new name, comes with risk of yet another controversy
Here’s what happened when our biggest male otaku tried out Japan’s new Manga Genic eyeliner【Pics】
Yearly
Adult Cream Pie coming to McDonald’s Japan- Japan goes beyond rice cookers with new curry rice cooker, the kitchen gadget we need right now
Japanese cosplay model shows off thighs, but fans’ eyes are on her Nintendo 64 controller grip
Pokémon fan learns the startling truth about the Wooloo plushie
Free “Language Learning with Netflix” extension makes studying Japanese almost too easy- Japan’s one-person bento box-sized rice cooker can give you freshly cooked rice at the office
- My Hero Academia creator, publisher make official apologies for controversial character name
- Can you solve this crazy difficult, super satisfying math puzzle from a Japanese middle schooler?
We taste the Adult Cream Pie from McDonald’s Japan- Out-of-business Tokyo McDonald’s gets brutal but kind sendoff from rival Burger King branch
RECOMMENDED STORIES
Japanese restaurant in Paris vandalized with “coronavirus” graffiti【Photos】
Did the Akira manga predict the coronavirus epidemic?
Old-school train car and tourist information center in Shibuya set to move to Akita this summer
A pack of natto (fermented Japanese soybeans) a day keeps the death away according to study
We visit Shibuya Station’s limited-time unmanned ramen eatery for a dose of the future! 【Photos】
Japan’s best train pass, the Japan Rail Pass, finally being made available for purchase online
Foreign workers respond to survey about changes they’d like to see in the Japanese workplace
Kyoto starts new “Empty” tourism campaign to attract tourists during coronavirus outbreak
Wage hell — Japanese office worker reveals soul-crushing past paycheck for 171 hours of overtime
Cruise Tokyo in comfort for free with Suumo’s cozy taxis, hang out with their fluffy mascot
Monster girl brothel anime gets kicked off of yet another Japanese TV station
Controversial My Hero Academia character gets new name, comes with risk of yet another controversy
New Japanese smartphone prohibits users from taking naked selfies
Can you solve this crazy difficult, super satisfying math puzzle from a Japanese middle schooler?
-
