Photographer Noriko Takasugi has devoted herself to going in search of modern-day "samurai" in the devastated region of Fukushima in northeast Japan. Her "Fukushima Samurai" series, though, is far ...
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JR West has announced a special new tourism train that will run between Kanazawa and Wakura hot spring in 2015. Kanazawa, known as a "mini Kyoto", is the main city in Ishikawa Prefecture, which ...
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A recruitment campaign ad fronted by a sweet-looking, innocent pop music idol? Only in Japan. "You and Peace" declares Haruka Shimazaki, the 20-year-old pop singer and member of idol group ...
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Omotenashi, or hospitality, is the buzzword of the moment. It all started with Tokyo's presentation to bag the Olympics in 2020 and now it's everywhere. The latest example is this Bijin Uketsuke, ...
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Following the 2013 bikes and other merchandise, HRM Goodsmile Racing Bike Project has created three new snazzy Hatsune Miku racing bikes. The Racing Miku Hatsune Miku GT comes in three models: ...
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The first set photos have been released for the upcoming live-action film adaptation of the popular TV anime "Lupin". Starring Shun Oguri, Meisa Kuroki and Tadanori Asano, "Lupin III" will be ...
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When you think of summer in Japan you will usually come up with a stream of images of matsuri festivals, firework displays, flash rain storms, and sweaty Tokyo trains. What you probably won't get is ...
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Japan Rail knows how to attract customers. In between rolling out snazzy new bullet trains and other technological advances, it periodically customizes JR Yamanote Line trains to look like a ...
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Idol unit BiS's latest music video is directed by none other than fashion legend Nigo. "Nerve" has been released as a collaboration with 2.5D and Vice Japan, and features the female idols partly all ...
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Muji have created their first new model home in five years with the Tate no Ie, the "vertical house". It joins the Mado no Ie (Window House) and the Ki no Ie (Tree House). Not strictly prefab, ...
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This article by Yulia Mizushima first appeared on Tokyo Cheapo. Some outfits never go out of fashion. Kimonos are a prime example – they’ve been making people look elegant for centuries. These ...
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Move over AKB48. There's a new idol group in town and they've got pigtails. In fact, that's their main asset. The "Japan Twin Tail Association" has been around for a little while, promoting their ...
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Long-running and popular manga "Oishinbo" has been suspended by its publisher, Shogakukan. The comic will no longer appear in the weekly manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from next ...
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Artist Takashi Murakami has directed the music video for virtual idol Hatsune Miku's song, "Last Night, Good Night (Re:Dialed)". It has also been re-mixed by Pharrell Williams, whose "Happy" has ...
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The second Canadian pop star to run afoul of Japan this week! Following Justin Bieber's innocent visit to a certain shrine in central Tokyo, now comes Avril Lavigne's music video where she pines for ...
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