Extra bullet trains at peak times and new early-morning/late-night departures will make it easier to zoom from one region of Japan to another.

Extra bullet trains at peak times and new early-morning/late-night departures will make it easier to zoom from one region of ...

Priced at 311 yen (US$2), it’s a great new snack to have on your radar when you’re feeling peckish, and we reckon it’s so good it might just become as popular as the viral 7-Eleven pancakes.

In addition to the previously released Evangelion Unit-01 and Unit-00 lures, the vibrant red Unit-02 has also been added and is certain to make both anime otaku and rainbow trout go crazy. They also ...

Female cleaning staff working in in-operation men’s restrooms aren’t an uncommon occurrence in Japan. Clean System, a Japanese cleaning services company, says that its data shows that women make up ...

But apparently Masami has been a good little girl, because it turns out that she, and all fellow fans, actually are getting a new source of Joyful Medley joy, as Starbucks Japan has, very quietly, ...

Looking at the Japanese kanji characters for Yunotsu Onsen, 温泉津温泉, they kind of resemble a hot spring sandwich, where you have the character tsu /津 (meaning “harbor”) surrounded on both sides by the ...

We all have certain gaps in our knowledge that are widely known to others. They say even Einstein couldn’t drive a car because he found it too complicated, though in fairness, cars were a lot more ...

横浜赤レンガ倉庫で開催中の「Christmas Market in 横浜赤レンガ倉庫」に、12月11日（木）〜25日（木）の15日間、ポケモンのブース「Pokémon Happy Holidays」が登場するよ！ Nintendo Switch 2 で『Pokémon LEGENDS Z-A』を体験できるブースも登場！ くわしくはこちら！ https://t.co/TvbQ6nTQXb ...

This is the 30th time the Kanji of the Year was decided, based on votes from people across the country to decide which character encapsulated the year best. This year the kanji for “bear” was elected ...

Stories in Kanji of the Year 2025 tag.

The Maekawas were a samurai family who ran a “ kakeya “, a business dealing in currency exchange. As such, the storehouse was used to store gold coins (“ryo”), so thick, multi-layered walls and ...