Playing the role of Shinji will be 24-year-old kabuki actor Kichitaro Kamimura. In addition to roughly a dozen classical kabuki plays, Kamimura’s resume includes the role of Riku in the 2023 kabuki ...

Sotetsu’s would-be scrap is going to be someone else’s treasure.

Matcha Fair is now underway at Ikea Japan with brand-new green tea sweets for the winter holiday season.

Such a case happened on 3 November in the village of Shimokitayama in Nara Prefecture. A man in his 70s was out gathering wild mushrooms and found some that resembled either shiitake or oyster ...

Sotetsu’s would-be scrap is going to be someone else’s treasure. Sometimes, when a train is being taken out of service in Japan, the rail operator will sell of parts of it as memorabilia. For rail ...

Foodies today might be the dishes in a very different light than they did a generation ago as sushi now sits in the number-three rank.

Last month, Studio Ghibli specialty retail chain Donguri Kyowakoku announced the grand reveal of its “ Komorebi Series “, a collection of plush toys that plays upon the charming word “ komorebi “, or ...

With a diplomatic spat prompting a warning from the Chinese government, we go to see if it’s had any effect on Tokyo’s most popular historical neighborhood.

With a diplomatic spat prompting a warning from the Chinese government, we go to see if it’s had any effect on Tokyo’s most popular historical neighborhood.

With a diplomatic spat prompting a warning from the Chinese government, we go to see if it’s had any effect on Tokyo’s most ...

Take a bite out of one of these popular places where you can see the behind-the-scenes manufacturing process of some of your favorite foods in Japan.

Stories in factory tour tag.