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After traveling to four cities in Japan, the exhibit is ready to head out and meet the international Sailor Moon fan ...

Latest volume in Hayao Miyazaki Image Board Series traces the pre-history of Nausicaa, with over 50 never-before-seen Hayao Miyazaki illustrations.

We’re not talking chump change here, either. Metagen is offering a rate of 5,000 yen (US$34.50) per poo. However, this doesn’t mean that you can simply saunter in, take a dump, and hold out your ...

The first of those is going to be going into service this summer at the Hotel Vison in the town of Taki, Mie Prefecture. With Calpis being refreshingly sweet but not as sugary as cola, it’s a drink ...

A rare chance to see this temple-within-a-temple that’s off the beaten tourist track. Kyoto is one of Japan’s top travel destinations, and with good reason, as the city boasts the densest distribution ...

Legends say Sai no Kawara exists on the border between the realms of the living and the dead, but the map says it’s in Tottori. Our Japanese-language reporter Ikuna Kamezawa was born and grew up in ...

Stories in Shinkansen ice cream tag.Kyoto Shinkansen sweets dessert hack – How to make the bullet train’s super-hard ice cream even better Casey Baseel Jun 26, 2025 ...

Experience the pitter-patter of raindrops like Totoro in the forest. June and early July are the rainiest times in Japan, when continual days of grey skies tend to dampen the mood as much as they do ...

There are a multitude of JLPT strategy guides out there, but I’d like to share my experience in how I prepared for the test, since I feel like I did a few things differently. I’ll go over each section ...

Once the afternoon had come and gone, it was finally our time to enter the restaurant. Like many buffets in Japan, KFC Restaurant has different pricing plans depending on the day or time, starting at ...

Starting with the most affordable of the bunch, Seiji bit into Family Mart’s 110-yen (US$1.05) Melon Bread with Pearl Sugar, which is made by baked goods company Pasco Shikishima. There’s a quick ...