The room is dark. A waiter arrives with bowls of green tea and ice cream. The tea itself is thick and foamy. Within the bowl, something...
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Above: Shiki Theatre Company’s original production titled ‘Robot in the Garden’ opened at Tokyo’s Jiyu Theatre on October 3 and will run until November 29. ...
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Japan buckled up ahead of an unusual Golden Week ー its longest holiday of the year ー with the country under a state of emergency that...
“Won’t you join us for a sing-along of national anthems from around the world before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?” Tadamasa Fukiura, organizer of the...
Tokyo DisneySea, the 176-acre nautical-themed park at Tokyo Disney Resort, will be opening a new section in 2022 called “Fantasy Spring,” operator Oriental Land Co....
Photos Courtesy of Yuki Hashimoto Before making headlines when she was elected as councillor in the Shibuya Ward Assembly, Yuki Hashimoto 橋本ゆき (originally 橋本侑樹), was affiliated...
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The theater play Kafka on the Shore is making a triumphant homecoming for the first time in five years, returning to Tokyo on May 21....
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