Podcasts are a kind of an audio blog—series of episodically released audio content, whether it’s educational, informational, or plain entertainment. They can be thought of…
One day when we were watching TV, I asked my wife, ‘Who is that guy I keep seeing with the funny mustache?’ Turns out it…
The very first thing you’ll have to do on your trip across Japan is to actually get there, and as Japan is an island country,…
Japan’s a world leader in electronics, automobiles, fashion, academia… but ice cream? Japan have used their spirit of invention and innovation and injected their culinary…
No stranger to the awesome world of the Japan Blog Matsuri, we’re delighted with both the quality and the quality of the entries to the…
Sumo is more than just a sport in Japan. It’s deeply connected to cultural traditions in the minds of the Japanese. Unfortunately, in recent years,…
This is a guest post by David Billa of Ogijima. French people love Japan and Japanese people love France. Or at least, the younger generations…
The term hikikomori (引きこもり, shut-in) literally means ‘pulling away’ in Japanese. It refers to an extreme version of social withdrawal that is especially prevalent in…
Kit Kat (キットカット) has become so popular in Japan that a myriad of different varieties have been invented to complement the original chocolate flavour. Photo…
The Portuguese were the first Europeans to ever establish contact with Japan. This happened in the sixteenth century when the Portuguese arrived at Tanegashima (種子島)…