The newspaper Mainichi Daily News has published a collection of some fantastic photos of Christmas illuminations that are currently taking place across Japan.
Click here to check them out.…
At Asahiyama Zoo in Ashikawa in Hokkaido, starting this week you can attend a penguin parade. The popular annual event which began eight years ago will take place daily and…
Last month, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (Tokyo City Hall) was illuminated with an amazing light show to coincide with a conference of representatives of 11 major cities in Asia.…
Hacchoudejima Island (八丁出島) on Lake Chuzenji in Japan offers a spectacular view of autumn’s changing colors.
The photo below is a bird’s-eye view of this island in autumn which has…
According to the Global Peace Index (GPI) for the year 2010, Japan ranked as third most peaceful country in the world, just behind Norway and Iceland.
Let’s look at the…
The monstrous Tokyo Sky Tree keeps getting taller. The current height is about 461 meters (1,512 ft) as of September 11, 2010. When construction is completed in December 2011, the…
The shirt says it all.
Found while strolling down Takeshita Dori in the heart of Harajuku, Tokyo.…
Things are looking bad for Paris Hilton again.
According to the media, Hilton was denied entry into Japan yesterday by immigration officials at Tokyo’s Narita airport. This comes two days…
They throw them into trash bins for plastic bottle caps, of course!
In Japan, recycling is part of daily life. Besides separating caps from plastic bottles, people usually remove the…
In Japan, you can find vending machines for drinks, ice cream, noodles, umbrellas (!), and many other things. But bananas?
Japan’s first banana vending machine by Dole, installed recently in…
