Shopping Best Convenience Stores in Japan: Your One-Stop Gui... Liz Ong Perhaps one of the most beloved fixtures in Japanese culture is the konbini... The most popular product sold at NewDays is their Jumbo onigiri (rice balls
Culture Yoyogi Hachimangu Shrine Scott Brause I like to visit it on a hot summer’s day, not so much to pray as to catch... Shrine is nonetheless mostly off the tourist radar, with no potential
Culture Alternative Holidays in Japan Nicholas Lloyd — Jan 5th Ichigo No Hi Japan is a country that is fond of its word puns... Aroma Day — Feb 1st Nioi No Hi 2-0-1 can be read as “ni-o-i,” which is
Activities Songs of Kuma River Boatsmen Bonson Lam The songs of the boatman must have inspired Akiko Yasono, a poet and feminist... whose work is now immortalised in a museum after her namesake in Sakai
Planning The Surrounds of Senju Ohashi Bridge Sleiman Azizi not particularly well known as a tourist destination.... wards are joined through the river but if you start with the area's most
Food Meriken Hatoba - Kobe Beef Todd Wojnowski Meriken Hatoba is a top-notch Kobe beef restaurant with superb customer service and reasonable prices.
Activities GEAR Performance Hits Chiba Minato Niaya Harper GEAR is an energetic, aesthetically pleasing, non-verbal performance coming to Chiba Minato with a moving story that hits every emotion.
Culture The Origin of the Tea Ceremony Gary Luscombe Sen-no-Rikyu and the origin of Japanese Tea Ceremony