At This Japanese Gym, You Can Sing Karaoke and Wash Your Laundry
Want to get in some reps but also need to do your laundry AND belt out some karaoke hits? Good news! This gym in Japan’s got you covered.
Want to get in some reps but also need to do your laundry AND belt out some karaoke hits? Good news! This gym in Japan’s got you covered.
Convenience stores (“conbini”) in Japan are everywhere. But what do people use them for? A look at combini and everyday life in Japan.
Tornadoes are far from the first natural disaster one thinks of in association with Japan – yet they occur more often than you may realize.
Perhaps it’s surprising, or perhaps not—but when you weigh all of these factors, Tokyo is not the winner.
Our author discusses how the pandemic has laid bare elements of how the Japanese public and government perceive the foreign residents in their midst.
Although Japan is the land of the rising sun, with its indigenous religion centering around the sun goddess, we cannot overlook the importance of the moon in Japan’s culture.
Tsukimi, the season of moon viewing, starts next week in Japan. Learn more about this day’s origins, how to make Tsukimi Dumplings, and why the rabbit in the moon is pounding a rice cake.
As depopulation hits the Japanese countryside, remote islands are even more at risk. Chad Kohalyk details the exchange program one island hopes will change the tide of fate – and which his family participated in.
We asked our readers about the surprising cultural differences in Japan they experienced while living there. Here’s what YOU had to say!
Subscribe to our free newsletter for a weekly digest of our best work across platforms (Web, Twitter, YouTube). Your support helps us spread the word about the Japan you don’t learn about in anime.
Want a preview? Read our archives
You’ll get one to two emails from us weekly. For more details, see our privacy policy