Gunma
A silk mill that generated an immeasurable amount of money for Japan, is not getting the favor returned.
COVID-19 pandemic measures mean a sharpened pencil must be prepared for each of thousands of potential voters.
Nakanojo welcomes you to Gunma with a beautiful local tradition you won’t find at any other station in Japan.
No more worrying about having exact change, but more worrying about having plastic surgery.
An unexpected collaboration between an idol live-streaming service and a non-profit organization produces a stunning picture of summer.
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes, including this team of workers who used their own local brand of heroism to prank visitors at night.
Fearless hero saved lives in exchange for his own during recent Mt. Kusatsu-Shirane eruption.
From its creation to its usage, this giant robot is undeniably awesome, but there’s just one problem.
Hundreds of steps below the surface, and if you miss your train, you could be waiting on the dank, dungeon-like platform alone for four hours.
What was meant to be a brief but shameful public apology by the parent of a rape suspect turned into a lengthy feeding frenzy by the media.
Going to an onsen hot spring is one of those quintessentially Japanese experiences that every visitor to the country should have. But is, sadly, an activity many westerners choose to skip for a number of reasons. Coming from a culture where taking a bath with another person is something you really don’t do beyond early childhood, the thought of walking around naked and sitting in a huge bath with a bunch of naked strangers can seem a bit unappealing. I myself was in Japan for two years before I finally decided to take the plunge, but once I did, I was hooked.
Our Japanese writers here at RocketNews24 decided to take a their American pal along for his first onsen experience at the famous Kusatsu Onsen. Find out what he thought of his first ever hot spring soak after the jump.
Police in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, are looking for a man who threw sulfuric acid at two women in separate attacks on Thursday night.
Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his Symphony No. 5 in D minor at a time of great tension in Soviet Russia. The looming threat of World War II was nothing compared to the Great Purge being conducted by Joseph Stalin in which 1,000 people were executed each day. Shostakovich too felt he was in the crosshairs for his previous “subversive” works.
And so it was something of a musical miracle that his Symphony No. 5 was unanimously well received by both the government and survivors of their brutality alike. Still today conductors and their orchestras struggle to properly capture all of the emotions such as irony, sympathy, and pride that Shostakovich may or may not have intentionally layered in this rich piece.
Taking a crack at it here are the kids of Isesaki Asuka Primary School’s kindergarten class. To see whether they succeed is up to you, but I think we can all agree that they’re not just good for a kindergarten class – they’re just good.
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