Japan

    The more you learn about Japanese culture and history, the easier it becomes to navigate Japan. This means learning why Meiji-period author Higuchi Ichiyō's face is on the ¥5,000 bill. Or studying the ins-and-outs of omiyage. Or discovering what it takes to land a job in Japan. Check out the articles below, and start growing your cultural understanding.
    1. Japanese Superstitions That Will Fill You with FEAR! Eating fired eel and melon together will result in DEATH, by the way...

      | Viet Hoang
    2. Japanese Fart Scrolls Pbbbbbbbbttthhhhffff

      | Hashi
    3. 1,452 Bowls Of Instant Ramen And Counting The Ramen Noodle Diary

      | Koichi
    4. Convenience Stores In Japan Surprisingly Convenient

      | Hashi
    5. What It's Like to Have a Career in Japan It's good know what you're getting into

      | Viet Hoang
    6. Karoshi: The Japanese Are Dying to Get to Work Working hard or hardly working? In Japan, you always know the answer.

      | Viet Hoang
    7. Why Japanese Food Tastes So Good: Umami The Fifth of the Four Basic Tastes

      | Hashi
    8. Pimp My Ride, Dekotora Style Trucks covered in beautiful bling, baby

      | Viet Hoang
    9. Genki Sudo's World Order: The Most Innovative Dance & Music Troupe In Japan All other dance troupes can quit. These guys are it.

      | Koichi
    10. Why Japan Was Called The "Submissive Dwarf Country" And Other Country Names For Japan

      | Koichi
    11. Travel To Japan for Cheap (Really!) How to find an inexpensive way to Japan and then save money while you're there!

      | Hashi
    12. Where Is Japan? It's More Complicated Than You Think A highly disputed topic

      | Koichi
    13. Going From Foreigner to Japanese Citizen The 3 stages you'll go through if you decide to make Japane your home

      | Hashi
    14. Drug Laws in Japan: You'd Better Have A Prescription Hope you really like jail. Like a lot. Like you love jail.

      | Hashi
    15. These Japanese Fast Food Chains Will Make You Love Fast Food Again Cramming food in your face has never been more soul-satisfying

      | Koichi
    16. The Burakumin: Japan’s Invisible Race Understanding a marginalized people

      | Viet Hoang
    17. Menial Labor and Fun Times in Japan with WWOOF Do some good in the Land of the Rising Sun

      | Hashi
    18. Understanding Japan Through The Karate Kid Cultural understanding through inspirational films

      | Hikosaemon
    19. Junji Ito: Master of Japanese Horror When it comes to horror manga, no one does it quite like Junji Ito

      | Hashi
    20. The Geneva Conventions Don’t Apply To These Japanese Giant Hornets Genocide Doom Bringer

      | Koichi
    21. Japanese Adult Adoption Why Japan adopts so many man babies

      | Hashi
    22. Japanese Etiquette 101 How to Save Yourself from Embarrassment in Japan

      | John
    23. The Creepy, and Abandoned, Amusement Parks of Japan Hanging out in the most desolate happiest places on earth

      | Hashi
    24. 10 Strange Japanese Films You Need to Watch Japan's creativity extends into its film industry

      | John
    25. The Greatest Inventor of All Time: Dr. NakaMats Creator of the Floppy Disk (Or so he says)

      | Hashi
    26. Japanese Cartography The First Time Japan Saw The World

      | Koichi
    27. Valentine’s Day, Japan: A How-To Guide How a fake American holiday became an even faker Japanese one

      | Koichi
    28. How to Get Cheap Airplane Tickets to Japan Getting to Japan with money to spare

      | Koichi
    29. Why Do Japanese People Live so Long? And What You Can Do to Live a Long Time Too

      | Koichi
    30. Hitchhiking in Japan: Off the Beaten Track How to rely on the kindness of strangers

      | Nick
    31. Amidakuji - Making Your Decisions Random, Japanese Style Like plinko on paper that solves all your problems

      | Koichi
    32. What Do You Call Your Japanese Sweetheart? I love you, Sweetie-chan

      | Koichi
    33. Understanding The Japanese Address System Find your way around Japan with numbers

      | Koichi
    34. 100 Ways to Entertain Japanese Visitors What's boring to you is fascinating to Japanese people

      | Koichi
    35. How to get a Japanese Scholarship Get to Japan for free

      | Koichi
    36. Kancho Survival Guide or How To Defend Your Butt From Japanese Children

      | Caitlin O'Mara
    37. Jesus’ Life, Family, and Death (in Japan) You can even visit his grave!

      | Koichi
    38. The No Gaijin Allowed Mentality Japanese Only!

      | Koichi
    39. Japanese Restaurant Culture What to do and not do at a restaurant in Japan

      | Koichi