If you don’t end the war, you can’t have any pudding! How can you have any pudding if you don’t end the war?! There are few desserts as beloved in Japan as... Read more »
Our anime-loving musician reporter sits down for a talk with an anime music legend. Two of our Japanese-language reporter Seiji Nakazawa’s favorite things in life are music and anime. So when he... Read more »
Filled with a special “phantom butter” from Calpis, you won’t find a treat like this anywhere else in Japan. If there’s one thing we love as much as the bright lights and... Read more »
Fuji mountain shot from Zushi Coast I’ve always loved summer. As a Southern California native, I feel at home in the heat—long days, golden sunsets and any excuse to be near water.... Read more »
Credit: National Museum of Western Art Official Website Tokyo has become one of the world’s great art cities. Whether you’re drawn to sweeping contemporary installations, intimate artist-run spaces or century-old gardens housing... Read more »
You don’t look a day over 30 lives. On this very day in 1986, a piece of code was accidentally left in the Famicom (NES) version of Konami’s Gradius that allowed anyone to... Read more »
The slow life isn’t always the easy life. There’s an undeniable appeal to the idea of living in the Japanese countryside, to the slow-life rhythm of sipping tea while sitting on the... Read more »
Credit: nukopic Before the rainy season turns Tokyo into a sauna, May gives you everything: blue skies, comfortable temperatures and a packed calendar of festivals, food and culture. Here are our top... Read more »
Toei or not Toei? That is the question. Earlier this week, long-established film producer Toei, the company behind classic films such as The Street Fighter, Black Rain, Battle Royale, and Tora! Tora!... Read more »
As onigiri prices continue to rise everywhere else, Lawson Store 100 stays true to its name. There’s perhaps no better example of the frustrating inflation that’s taking place in Japan than what’s... Read more »