A common misconception about Japan is that it's so densely populated that every single town is just like Tokyo; urban, people all crammed together, few empty spaces. Not only are there still tons of rural places in Japan, … [Read more...]
See the guy with the blue face in the picture above? He's a middle-aged Japanese politician. Why is he all dressed up with a bunch of cosplayers? Is he a closet otaku? Most importantly: why is his face blue? Read on to … [Read more...]
The movie industry has been trying to crack down on piracy in the last couple of years, trying to stop people from downloading movies illegally and recording movies in the theater. Some movie theaters even play anti-piracy … [Read more...]
A new bullet train line opened up in Japan recently that connects the whole island of Kyushu. When the line opened, there were huge celebrations all over the island, and there was even an award-winning commercial for the … [Read more...]
Just can’t get enough cute oozing out of every single pore of your body? Silly not-from-the-future-run-of-the-mill stationary cat ears not doing it for you? Read on, my friends, read on. … [Read more...]
Learning Japanese is pretty tough on its own, but what lots of people don't know is that there are a ton of different Japanese dialects, depending what part of the country you're in. The way people talk in the northern … [Read more...]