With tourism booming in Japan, we visited our favorite stationery destination Ginza Itoya to hear from the ground why travelers have been so eager to come...
There are reportedly covert Chinese police stations in some 50 countries. They spy on Chinese citizens and violate the sovereignty of those countries.
The numbers tell the story. Japan National Tourism Organization reports 499,000 foreign visitors in October, an increase of 2.4 times over September.
A bright, loud spot for electronics, idol groups, maid cafes and manga, it’s one of the best places to get acquainted with Japanese pop culture.
The contents are not just candy bars and summer drinks. But by far the strangest assortment of vending machines has to be the bizarre cluster on...
Even though similar machines have existed around the world since the 1880s (for gumballs and postcards!), gachapon has had a place in Japan since 1960.
In August, the “Sega Akihabara Building 2” closed its doors for good. At Manseibashi intersection, the game center located in Tokyo’s Electric Town (Chiyoda...
Nostalgic gamers in Japan now have a spot to relive their favorite retro Japanese games -- in Tokyo’s video gaming mecca, no less. Tokyo Video...
For the ninth year in row, the Eshi exhibition featuring some of the best Japanese illustrators is coming back to Akiba Square. The theme for...
Photo: grape Japan Once upon a time, a burrito fell in love with a sushi maki roll and they had a beautiful baby called the...
By Yukihiro Watanabe The Kanda Myojin Shrine is dedicated to a guardian god that has protected shoguns and citizens of Japan since the...
I saw a monkey in there roaming around once and it didn’t seem out of place. That’s the only way I can effectively introduce the...