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Take a trip back to the metropolis at the peak of the Bubble Era with this fascinating series of candid video montages.
Don’t forget to purify your soul before heading to this museum’s display of samurai swords that were designed to do just one thing: kill.
Japanese visitors are falling in love with the gorgeous gardens and traditional rooms at this atmospheric inn.
History buffs and cosplay fans won’t just look like samurai, but eat like them too on their visit to Kamakura.
Shibuya photography session will give you a literal snapshot of two of the coolest aspects of Japan.
And poses from Kill Bill’s fight choreographer ensure you’ll look fearsome when you get there.
800 years after its creation, the Scrolls of Frolicking Animals are still inspiring new content, thanks to the anime studio Hayao Miyazaki built.
While many believe the tradition of making the ghost-like doll can be traced back to a bald-headed monk, history suggests it actually began with a small girl.
Just like their inspirations protected swordsmen’s hands, these coasters will guard your kitchen table’s varnish.
On November 7, 1937, the Los Angeles Examiner published a prescient map predicting how Imperial Japan could attack the US during World War II.
Just be sure you’re wearing proper 19th-century attire – you don’t want to get any funny looks.
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Japanese eSports prodigy becomes youngest-ever gold medalist at Asian Games
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