(Mineral) water, baby: everything you need for a home onsen
Japan’s public baths are famous around the world, mostly for 3 things: you gotta get naked in front of a
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Life in Japan
Daily life in Japan. Sometimes normal, sometimes… not.
Setsubun: magic beans in Japan
Feb 3rd is Setsubun in Japan. As far as tradition goes, Setsubun’s the first day of spring. Except it’s still cold.
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BKK48 (48 hours in Bangkok): Japan Expo in Thailand, 2018
Japan Expo Thailand is – combined with Japan Festa Bangkok – Asia’s biggest celebration of all things Japanese. Half a million
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FUNKY FRUIT: young Japanese fashion in a blender
Are you ready to get funky? Fans of J-fashion brands like Listen Flavor, Candy Stripper, 390 Mart and Spinns are
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Fukubukuro lucky bags 2018: Village Vanguard, McDonald’s, Mister Donut, and Flying Tiger
A new year’s when your luck for the next 12 months is decided. Many people visit a temple or shrine
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Flavours made for grown-ups: Japan’s ‘adult’ drinks, candy, and snacks
It’s Coming of Age Day (January 8th), Japan’s yearly celebration of young people reaching adulthood. To mark the day, we’re gonna
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Luck works in strange ways: the best weird Japanese daruma dolls
The start of a new year’s always busy. Loads of Japanese people head to their local shrine or temple, to
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Have a nice claup: Japan’s funniest English-inspired brand names
Every day, we learn new names for things in Japanese. Some of them are… well, we don’t think anyone asked
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Lights, chicken, action: Christmas in Osaka (Japan), 2017
Merry Christmas! Or whatever you celebrate. (Or happy holidays, if you’re not religious. It’s all cool with us.) Christmas in
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A cat’s life: Japan’s love of nekos
Being a cat seems super easy, from the way some house cats act all day. Lie in a sunbeam, meow,
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