There is a hilarious stress buster arcade game in Japan. It is called “Chabudai-gaeshi !,” and it means “flipping a low dining table over.” Literally, the players flip a…

  Japan appears to have a lot of strange things in the eyes of people from other countries. Today, I introduce one of them: the automatic car park. I think…

  First I would like you to see this photo. It may not be obvious, but these are statues of Buddha.     These are called Umai–Butsu: Tasty Buddha. But…

  Imoni is a certain kind of potato and meat soup mostly eaten in Honshu’s Tohoku region. People usually have imoni parties with their families or friends, outside, like barbecue…

  There is a tendency for young people to stay single in recent years in Japan, and the number of late twenties and early thirties’ people who live alone has…

  Tokyo Girls Collection (TGC) 2010 A/W, one of the biggest girl’s clothing fashion shows in Japan, was held yesterday at Saitama Super Arena, and attracted 30,000 audiences. The show…

  The exercise method that attracts considerable attention in Japan today is Kaatsu training, which means “blood flow restricted exercise.” It involves wrapping groins and shoulder joints tightly to get…

  In the past couple of years, young women wearing bows on their hair are often seen in Japan. Especially huge bows are popular because they make girls’ faces look…

  I downloaded a cute puzzle game iPhone app called Mizu Man Lite (free!). Try this app and you will enjoy beautiful Japanese confections and lovely sound effects.    …

      Can you believe the brown ball on the book cover is a mud ball? It is only made of earth. In Japan, it is called “dorodango (mud…

      This is a tanbo art -paddy field art in English- exhibited in Inakadate village in [W:Aomori Prefecture] in 2009. It is NOT painted or burnt but various…