On my way back home after praying for good fortune at a temple nearby, I stumbled upon this beautiful place in Nakagawa. Seeing how it…

Arima is a spa town in Hyogo Prefecture, just 30 minutes by train from Shin-Kobe station. Arima Hot Springs is considered by aficionados to be…

One of the best day trips you can make from Tokyo is to Mount Nokogiriyama, a 330-meter tall mountain on the Boso peninsula in Chiba…

With dams to build and materials to gather, beavers are known to be quite industrious critters. Japanese Twitter user and animal enthusiast Chimu-chan (@nn930310) may…

Kichijoji is an area of Tokyo known for beautiful surroundings like its famous park, and various trendy cafes. But a new business that just opened…

We’ve said our goodbye’s to 2019 and have welcomed in the new decade with fireworks, feasts and parties that have lasted since the 1st of…

As any good Moomin fan probably knows, in March 2019, Japan opened an entire theme park featuring everyone’s favorite Finnish trolls. One of the more…

Good news for anyone who was saddened by the closing of the Square Enix Cafe in Akihabara this past Friday. You won’t have long to…

Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture is a town always bustling with tourists and one of the most popular day-trip destinations for travelers staying in the Tokyo…

Odaiba’s Diver City has long been a special place for fans of iconic anime Mobile Suit Gundam, previously housing a life-sized RX-78 Gundam statue that…

The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo is one of Japan’s largest contemporary art museums. Between six and eight temporary exhibitions are held every year, but…

JAPAN Forward Sometimes, traditions have hidden histories to uncover. Other times, the origins can be surprisingly obvious and yet reveal how a traditional celebration has…

Ever since it launched in 2017, rap battle multimedia franchise Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle (AKA “Hypmic”) has grown in popularity, gaining fans both at…

When you think of museums, what first comes to mind isn’t the word “weird”, is it? How about if I put together museums and Japan?…

Tsugaru region and Hirosaki City are located in Aomori Prefecture, in northern Honshu. The area is surrounded by nature, oceans and mountains. Rich in history…