As for the Nonbiri/Laid-back part of the name, that’s because JR is billing this as a pass for people looking for an “unhurried” style of travel, as the pass can be used for regular and rapid-class ...

Tokyo day-trip hot springs: Beautiful Mt. Fuji-view bath is just one highway bus stop from Shibuya App that lets you hunt down discounted food about to expire available at the Expo too Hotel in Osaka ...

Latest volume in Hayao Miyazaki Image Board Series traces the pre-history of Nausicaa, with over 50 never-before-seen Hayao Miyazaki illustrations.

A rare chance to see this temple-within-a-temple that’s off the beaten tourist track. Kyoto is one of Japan’s top travel destinations, and with good reason, as the city boasts the densest distribution ...

And in honor of it, Square Enix is preparing pop-up stores full of limited-edition merchandise. There will be two stores, with the first opening in the Daimaru department store in Umeda, Osaka, from 2 ...

Starting with the most affordable of the bunch, Seiji bit into Family Mart’s 110-yen (US$1.05) Melon Bread with Pearl Sugar, which is made by baked goods company Pasco Shikishima. There’s a quick ...

There’s a fine line between playing and experimenting with food…make that ten different foods, to see which one was most on fire. Japanese convenience store Family Mart has a new cooking tool on the ...

Another great idea is to factor in any upcoming holidays or cultural festivals in your country that students would not likely be able to experience authentically in Japan. For instance, while ...

Let’s compare what’s being said on the Internet to what’s really going on. In the weeks leading up to the 2025 Osaka-Kansai World Expo, a lot has been said about the event being poorly planned, over ...

It’s about an hour and a half from Shinjuku Station in downtown Tokyo to Otsuki, or 40 minutes from the west Tokyo suburb of Takao, where Ahiruneko lives. The farther you get from the Tokyo center, ...

Reservations and per-person hiking fees are now mandatory for the Yoshida Trail. Mt. Fuji is Japan’s tallest mountain, and many would also say its most beautiful. But a less desirable superlative it’s ...

According to the company, the running boy mascot came into being around 1998, the same year when Minute Park was born. Surprisingly, though, the mascot has no official name. The closest the character ...