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 Fart Scrolls Pbbbbbbbbttthhhhffff

      | Hashi
    2. 1,452 Bowls Of Instant Ramen And Counting The Ramen Noodle Diary

      | Koichi
    3. Convenience Stores In Japan Surprisingly Convenient

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      | Hashi
    23. 10 Strange Japanese Films You Need to Watch Japan's creativity extends into its film industry

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      | Koichi
    33. 100 Ways to Entertain Japanese Visitors What's boring to you is fascinating to Japanese people

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

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

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

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

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

      | Koichi