Tohoku has slowly been trying to get back on its feet since the triple disasters of March 11, 2011. With many of its towns along...
Miki Katoh is a Japanese artist who is truly dear to our hearts here at grape Japan. Her exquisite work "Auspicious Omens" graces the top...
PHOTO CAPTION: Pages from comics and images of Japanese bookstores are projected onto screens at the British Museum’s Manga exhibition. (Eishi Honma) A...
Here’s a riddle: it looks more like a dice, but in reality it is a fruit. Those who have visited Japan probably knows what...
The five whaling boats chugged out into the bumpy waters off of eastern Hokkaido, a tiny armada under gray skies and the gaze of the...
Photo Source: World Flags In the past, we've seen talented artists turn fast food chains and even unique Japanese Kit Kat flavors into gorgeous anime characters. Perhaps setting a...
Archival accounts of 19th century Tibet describe it as the forbidden, inaccessible, daunting, and remotely unreachable territory of the Himalayas. Located at an elevation...
On June 15, five people who appeared in a documentary called “Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue” (Tofu Films) sued the director...
Bubble tea drinks are all the rage in Japan and shops selling bubble tea, or tapioca タピオカ as it's called here, seem to be popping up...
For much of May, my Google news alert was peppered with stories about a slug that had allegedly brought chaos to rail travel in Japan...
Teaching English in Japan: Using Songs, Snacks, and Word Games in Kindergarten It’s a quiet morning just like any other. The birds are chirping,...
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