Which is your favorite? With all the excitement surrounding the April 1st press conference in which the name of Japan’s new Imperial era was …

Why pluck your grey hairs yourself when you can get an expert to do it for you?

That’s some hardcore “training.” The Japanese word shugyō is often translated as simply “training,” but that’s not quite accurate. Shugyō isn’t normally used to …

It’s not like there’s much difference between a man in an orangutan costume and an actual orangutan, right? Every year, just as winter is …

Adult magazines are about to get much harder to get in Japan. Whether you’re looking for a pair of spare underwear or you need …

Become a holy rider. Shinto shrines can be found all over Japan and although most are dedicated to fairly universal things like good health, …

He should’ve caught an Uber. A man in Kanagawa Prefecture has been arrested after allegedly stealing a taxi, driving it drunk, and then crashing …

This is how the trains become sentient. Given how incredibly efficient and complex Japan’s train system is, it’s easy to forget that just about …

When you gotta go, you gotta go. Charges have been filed against a city council member in Kagoshima prefecture who is saying his reason …

What do you do after you get off your job at the pachinko parlor? A man claiming that he has spent the past month …

This is why you don’t mess with wild boars. Ferocious and fairly common, wild boar are a major problem across Japan. Run into one …

For otaku. By otaku. There’s good reason why Tokyo’s Akihabara district is known as a mecca for anime, manga, and video game fans. There …