The kickoff for the 2019 World Cup is approaching in Japan, with the host country facing Russia on September 20. It will be the first...
The picturesque Magome guesthouse (Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture) with its quintessential Edo era post town vestiges behind us, we threaded our way up a stone-paved...
“In view of our findings of rigorous monitoring and inspection procedures, we are ready to take them off our list of regulatory targets,” said...
Second of Three Parts Part 1: Samurai Spirit of Fukushima: The Shonentai Youth Corps of Nihonmatsu Castle In the late Edo period, the...
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...
I originally rented my SOHO (small office) to avoid three hours of daily commuting that was often extended by frequent delays on the Chuo...
Recently we caught up with Kazushi Iwane, executive chef of Japanese restaurant Mai at the Westin Tokyo Hotel. He shares with us how he...
MORI Building Digital Art Museum: teamLab borderless, a museum jointly operated by Mori Building and teamLab, celebrated its first anniversary on June 21, promising to...
Three hundred kilometers west of Tokyo, in the heart of Japan’s Niigata Prefecture, lies Shirone. It is a modest city with a yearly festival that...
Kunihiko Waguri, The Westin Tokyo’s veteran executive chef for Chinese cuisine, sat down recently with JAPAN Forward to discuss his mindset as a culinary...
The sound of pheasants chirping and frogs croaking filled the air. The rice paddies reflected the blue sky, and the ridges between them...
Toshio Numajiri, executive chef at The Westin Tokyo sat down with JAPAN Forward recently, and spoke about his hotel’s commitment to allow only the...
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