Festivals, or matsuri are an integral part of Japanese culture. Even matsuri can seem a bit old-fashioned and sometimes religious for ultra-modern, secular Japan, these festivals are a staple of Japanese society that most … [Read more...]
Every Sunday we gather the week's weird and interesting Japanese news and present it to you in our Sunday News column. It might not always be hard-hitting news, but we hope that it still informs and entertains you. … [Read more...]
A lot of art out there goes over my head. It's my fault, really -- I'm not very educated in art and don't usually understand the context. But some art I look at and just get. Not because I understand its place in art … [Read more...]
Earlier this week, some bonsai trees were stolen from their owner in New South Wales, Australia. You'd think that the theft of some plants would be pretty unremarkable (Not my ferns, take anything but my ferns!), but these … [Read more...]
Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are. -Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin To some people, Iron Chef was just a TV show. It ran for about a decade in Japan and had a few, less successful spinoffs around the … [Read more...]
Every Sunday we gather the week's weird and interesting Japanese news and present it to you in our Sunday News column. It might not always be hard-hitting news, but we hope that it still informs and entertains you. … [Read more...]