Tokyo Nighttime Passport Wants To Be Your Portal To Tokyo Nightlife
One of the perennial questions faced by visitors to Tokyo, especially first-time visitors from abroad, is what to do at night. Unless you have unlimited…
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Sapporo Snow Festival 2019’s Spectacular Giant Sculptures Include Star Wars, Pokemon and Hatsune Miku
The Sapporo Snow Festival (Sapporo Yuki Matsuri) is a sub-zero spectacle of larger than life, beautifully sculptured snow art. The yearly extravaganza takes place in…
Muslim Women Can Rent Wagara Hijabs To Match Kimonos At Yumeyakata in Kyoto
Kimono Rentals: A Popular Tourist Attraction For many female tourists visiting Japan from abroad, renting a beautiful kimono for a photo shoot or to enjoy…
Japan’s Surprisingly Artistic Manhole Covers Have Their Own Festival, And Of Course Sweets Too
When traveling around Japan, you may notice that manhole covers often have surprising artistic designs. Different towns and regions across Japan display local history and…
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Little Demons Can Relish Fish Burgers, Worship Yohane At Numazu Burger [Onsite Report]
Yohane? Little Demons? Numazu? The juxtaposition of words in our title may have raised a few eyebrows. Unless, of course, you’re a fan of the…
We Visited the Idyllic Bookstore in Tokyo That Requires a $15 Cover Charge – Is it Worth it?
You may very well balk at the thought of a bookstore with an entrance fee. After all, isn’t one of life’s greatest free pleasures a…
Tokyo’s Kirby Cafe Reveal New Menu of Awesome Dishes for Chapter 2
The Kirby Café opened in Tokyo Skytree town to the delight of the round, pink hero’s many fans. The menu consisted of a range of…
Try Japanese School Lunches From Meiji to Heisei Era At Retro Showa Tamagawa Onsen
If you’re a fan of manga, anime or Japanese TV dramas, then you may have seen depictions of school-provided lunches in a Japanese school. However,…
I Tried Out Tokyo’s Conveyor Belt Dessert All-You-Can-Eat Buffet Valentine’s Day Specials
Last summer Tokyo’s first dessert-go-round restaurant opened in the spiritual home of all things sweet and cute, Harajuku. MAISON ABLE Cafe Ron Ron offers 40…
‘Accessible Japan’: Disabled Blogger is Helping PWDs Enjoy Japan
(By Arielle Busetto for JAPAN Forward) Josh Grisdale is a Japanese citizen originally from a small town in Canada. He was in a wheelchair, but…
JR West’s Hello Kitty Train Celebrates Japanese Culture from Kansai Airport to Kyoto
Recently there have been many special train services which promise a very Japan-specific experience before you’ve even arrived at your destination. One example is the…
A Look Inside Universal Studios Japan’s New Awesome Anime Attractions
On January 18th, 2019, Universal Studios Japan opened up its first slew of attractions for Universal Cool Japan 2019 (Universal Studios Japan’s collaborative effort to…
We Went On A Quest To Find Every Love Live! Sunshine!! Manhole Cover in Numazu
Love Live! Sunshine!! and Numazu For fans of the wildly popular anime Love Live! Sunshine!!, Numazu in Shizuoka Prefecture, which serves as the backdrop for…
World’s Most Intense Matcha Ice Cream Makers Turn Their Rich Expertise to Green Tea Chocolate
Nanaya, a favourite ice cream shop of Tokyoites, claims to have the richest green tea gelato in the world. Source: (C) Grape Japan Originally based…
A Rose Garden of Lights At the New Tokyo Mega Illumination
(by The Sankei Shimbun via JAPAN Forward) A 10-meter-high light installation in the shape of a large tree sits at the center of the square….