The world renowned musical CATS opened in Yokohama, Japan on November 11th, 26 years after it first premiered in the country by the Shiki Theatre...
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November 11th is known commonly as Veterans' Day, Remembrance Day, or Armistice Day around the world, but it has also been designated as Origami...
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At around 8:30 am on November 3rd, members of the press stood while eagerly awaiting the arrival of a Lufthansa flight from Germany at Narita...
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Ecotourists will rejoice at options around Japan to visit one of the country’s geologically unique Geoparks. With eight national and three...
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Halloween is almost here in Japan and that means its time for all the foreigners to start running around the cities in scary costumes and strange...
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Question: Do they celebrate Halloween in Japan? Answer: No, not yet. Is “not yet” a strange answer? Well, to be more specific,...
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Japan is famous both as a land steeped in cultural tradition and as a land filled with futuristic technology. The Digital Content Expo 2009 in Tokyo...
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Kobe has a new metal monument in commemoration of the devastating 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake, a 59-foot (18-meter) tall statue of Gigantor –...
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When you look at the moon, what do you see? A face? Cheese? For the Japanese, a rabbit has been the traditional answer to that question. To be more...
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In the old Japanese lunar calendar, the fifteenth night of the eighth month of the year was known as chushu, or the middle of autumn. On chushu, the...
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