For two evenings on the weekend before Halloween this year, the city of Kagoshima was privy to an unusual Halloween parade. Seeing children dressed as…

Travel begins the moment you leave home, not when you get there. The same is true, of course, for the return trip. The time spent…

On Halloween night, October 31st, 2021, residents of Kagoshima City were treated to a “fox wedding” procession. There are many legends about “fox weddings,” known…

From a distance, the water looked like a flower raft where the cherry blossom petals have scattered in the wind at the end of Spring,…

A few years ago, Japanese company Showtime Inc. introduced their flagship product Chabacco, which cleverly delivers packaged sticks of high quality powdered Japanese tea in…

For the longest time, sake has taken center stage around the world. However, shochu is in fact Japan’s national alcohol, enjoyed more commonly than sake…

In Okinawa on January 18, moments before the first rays of dawn peeked over the horizon, accomplished photographer, CG artist and Twitter user KAGAYA (@KAGAYA_11949)…

The boys of the Kagoshima Jitsugyo High School Men’s Rhythmic Gymnastics team have already earned a reputation at competitions for typically being the most entertaining…

Chris from Okano TV takes his viewers to Yakushima Island as he adventures through all 47 prefectures of Japan! Him and his fellow YouTubers get…

Emerald-colored sea and white beach… This is the sort of view you might expect from a tropical island… but no – it’s Japan. Kagoshima is…