Category: LIFESTYLE

Tokyo is a city that is a paradise to photographers; it opens up just so many opportunities for images -- the technology, lights, crowds, fashion, subcultures, architecture, businessmen, seasons, ...

This article by Greg Lane first appeared on Tokyo Cheapo. While it’s great not needing to own a car in Tokyo (with all the incumbent expenses) there’s no question that it can be fun or ...

Shibaura House is a community space in the Tokyo district of Shibaura, a neighborhood in the south of the city near the port. The stylish glass building is designed by Kazuyo Sejima and hosts private ...

Mt Ontake, a volcanic mountain between Nagano and Gifu prefectures, erupted at 11:53 a.m on September 27th, resulting in a 4km ash cloud. [Image source: Asahi] The eruption took ...

It's official. Having glasses is cool. Japan has long regarded glasses and eyewear as serious fashion items, which is why companies like Jin and Zoff go to great efforts to market their products ...

When in Rome, as the saying goes. And so when in Kyoto, wear a kimono. There's nothing pretentious about getting into "costume", so to speak, and exploring Japan's old capital in a kimono. It's ...

The knives are out and accusations of racism are being bandied around again. Only this time it's not a silly corporate ad with fake noses that's to blame. The culprit this time is Japan's Ministry ...

"Toy Tokyo" is a new photography book by Manami Okazaki, a collection of 26 interviews and images. New from Kingyo Books, "Toy Tokyo" features "the work of several photographers who are either ...

People from Britain, like myself, often forget that many other countries don't have roundabouts. The idea of a circular junction with no traffic lights, where the unspoken rules of the road define ...

Japan's prison facilities have come under international criticism in recent years. Inmates often do not have heating or air-conditioning, and prisoners on death row live in near total isolation, ...

Now this is going to be fast. Kyodo News has reported that Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) has formally filed an application today with the Japanese transport ministry to build a maglev ...

Batman no longer lives in Gotham. He's fighting crime in Japan! Japanese social media has been abuzz with some amazing images of Batman driving in his Batpod along the highways in the Tokyo ...

Another day, another crazy use of English in the world of Tokyo retail? But no, this isn't another new entry in the long annals of places in Japan with unfortunate English names. The innuendo is ...

ISIS has apparently captured a Japanese men in Aleppo with the Free Syrian Army (FSA). Although still unverified and as yet to appear in the mainstream media at time of writing, images and videos ...

Remember the intriguing Japan Twin Tail Association that we reported on back in May? That was when the organization launched its own pigtail hair idol group called drop. While this may all sound ...