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The crazy big-budget commercial stars some of Japan’s most well-known musicians on flame-spewing monster floats.
Towering snow sculptures pay homage to Final Fantasy and Osamu Tezuka’s beloved anime characters.
It’s all in the name of Japanese culture and tradition.
We bring you the itinerary for the popular Japanese penis festival so you don’t come too early and have to pull out.
The unusual burger is one of a number of restaurant meals usually not available to the public that can be purchased at a very special food event for a limited time.
This Culture Day, our reporter Yuichiro Wasai went straight to Fuchu Prison. He did not pass Go. He did not collect 200 dollars.
The stunning sound and visuals in this new clip are designed to transport viewers to a Japanese festival as part of a new website for foreign tourists.
These photos make us want to shrink ourselves down and make a purchase at the mini festival stalls!
Mr. Sato takes a stroll through the shopping arcade of Asagaya Station in Tokyo for this year’s Tanabata festival and bumps into none other than The Donald himself!
More than 50,000 votes have been tallied and the results are in! Which girl do you think won at the polls?
The popular lingerie retailer is daring its customers to bare their bras to the world this summer.
The Kyoto shrine famous for thousands of vermilion torii gates will spirit you away to a mystical world of beauty this weekend at its famous annual night-time festival.
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