We are entering March, which for students means only one thing: exam season. We all remember it, don’t we? The sleepless nights, the...
I took part in an event titled “The Charm of Nihon Buyō” (or, traditional Japanese dance) on February 14. Admittedly, prior to my attendance, my...
As with so many things creative and visual, your location can make or break a shoot. In this day and age of Instagram...
“Strawberry fields forever,” as the Beatles once wrote. Certainly in Japan, considering how little land there is to grow fruit and vegetables, there seems to...
I made it through graduate finals at Oxford University at the start of summer 2019. My reward? A scholarship to study at Japan’s foremost Japanese language...
Fujiko F Fujio is a famous Japanese professional manga artist and the creator of Doraemon, a funky futuristic cat and one of the most...
The fire crackles in the chilly winter air and they gather around the warm embers of the flame. Who are “they,” you ask? Monkeys! ...
Credit: Misaki Hashimoto YouTube Channel On a cloudy day in late September, I headed for the Tokyo Metropolitan Building (Tocho) to see the famous 45th...
It was cold and sunny on February 3, but many braved the chilly weather anyway for a very specific event: Setsubun. Setsubun, which is...
When I moved from Kanazawa to Tokyo in 2019, I moved into a sharehouse, a common option for those who want to save money, have...
After living in Fukushima for five years and Kyoto for two, I’ve always had a special place in my palate for hometown produce. Every season my...
As January draws to a close, the preparations for the Hina Matsuri on the third of March are underway, even though it may be in...
