Though I?ve lived in Japan for several years now, Fukuoka was never very high on my travel radar, nor was it particularly high on my list of culinary destinations.
Other places and their more famous restaurants were always calling: Osaka, Hokkaido,...
?????Japan\'s Richest Village Can\'t Find Workers for Its FactoryBloombergNever too old to code: Meet 82-yr-old developerThe Japan NewsKoike says no to eulogy for Koreans killed in 1923 quakeJapan Times74% of Japanese happy with their lives:... -
?????Sign for the new Japanese Sword Museum, Ryogoku, TokyoThe Japanese have been renowned blade makers for centuries, with these products having been exported by Japan to Korea and China since the Middle Ages.The Society for Preservation of... -
???gobo-gobo, niko-niko, dara-dara, kira-kira, batchiri, shibu-shibu - the list goes on. All these are what are called gitaigo, or onomatopoeia, in Japanese. Gitaigo are visceral, vivid, essential to the Japanese language, lying right at its heart,... -
?????Nestled long and low behind the earthen walls that separate it from the noise of the city, Sanjusangendo is a national treasure temple of unique architectural and sculptural importance. First dedicated in 1164 by Emperor Goshirakawa (1127-92)... -
Snagosho (coral reef in English) is a Japanese curry restaurant in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. A spicy, fragrant curry and a great location where you can feel the nature of Kamakura is the secret of popularity! Especially the Moana Makai store by... -
“VR ZONE SHINJUKU†is the largest domestic VR entertainment facility in Japan, which is lovated in Kabukicho area. There are 16 kinds of attractive activities. You can experience the world of the work such as the thrill flying in the sky with... -
?????The truth about Japanese tempuraBBCTrump?s Tough Talk on North Korea Puts Japan\'s Leader in Delicate SpotNew York TimesKin of \'85 JAL crash victims pray for dead at disaster site The Asashi ShimbunMETI seeks to pass nuclear buck with... -
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I made a lot of mistakes with Saki, my first Japanese girlfriend. The most notable of which was attempting anything resembling a conversation.
“So you said you’ve got a sister, right"†I asked. “Does she live in Tokyo... -
In land size, Osaka is, together with Kagawa, the smallest prefecture in Japan. Lying at Osaka Bay, the Yodo and Yamato Rivers flow through the prefecture. Mountains surround the three other sides of the prefecture and here nature can be found, as... -
In a literary sense, the Taisho period (1912-1926) is a rich time in which seven of the ten best modern fiction writers from the canon were active (Soseki, Ogai, Kafu, Shiga, Tanizaki, Akutagawa and - just starting at the end of the period -... -
??, ????Today, August 9th, is the 72nd anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.Three days earlier on August 6th, Hiroshima, became the world\'s first city to be attacked by a nuclear weapon when a bomb was dropped on the city by the US Air... -
??This year\'s anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima will take place as always on August 6th.This year is the 72nd anniversary of the bombing at 8.16am on the morning of August 6, 1945. Solemn ceremonies take place on the day in... -
?????Can Japan provide answers to the west?s economic problems"Financial TimesSelfie-posting young women flocking to pools after sunset The Asashi ShimbunBill to lower age of adulthood set for submission to Diet in fall Japan TimesParts of... -
??????????For some reason, it came to me as I came down the elevator. I impulsively reached for my wallet, pulled out my driver\'s licence and, sure enough, it had expired two weeks before.If your license expires in Japan when you should have... -
?????The 2017 Aomori Nebuta matsuri in Aomori city in the far north of Japan runs this year from August 2 until August 7. The festival kicks of with a children\'s parade on August 2 from 7.10pm-9pm.On the final day of the festival there is a day... -
