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Tokyo JR Yamanote Line Train Decorated With Running Tracks For Rio Olympics
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JAPAN TRENDS
The top 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games sponsors have joined together to support the Japan team heading to Rio with a special branded Yamanote Line train.
Sponsored by 15 companies, the 11-carriage train will operate from August 1st until September 15th featuring a flooring...
The top 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games sponsors have joined together to support the Japan team heading to Rio with a special branded Yamanote Line train.
Sponsored by 15 companies, the 11-carriage train will operate from August 1st until September 15th featuring a flooring...
- July 28, 2016
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Sword Exhibition With a Difference Held in Bunkyo Ward
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THE JAPAN NEWS
A historical sword and a panel of a game character inspired by the sword are currently being exhibited at the Eisei-Bunko Museum in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, and an adjacent park.
The Kasen Kanesada sword from the Muromachi period (1336-1573) will be shown at the museum until Oct. 2, a...
A historical sword and a panel of a game character inspired by the sword are currently being exhibited at the Eisei-Bunko Museum in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, and an adjacent park.
The Kasen Kanesada sword from the Muromachi period (1336-1573) will be shown at the museum until Oct. 2, a...
- July 27, 2016
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Where’s Wally? Wally Run Recruiting 6,000 Waldo Cosplayers for October
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JAPAN TRENDS
A Where’s Wally? Wally Run will take place in October, bringing together thousands of Wally (aka Waldo) cosplayers.
Applications are currently being accepted for the two “runs” in Osaka on October 2nd and Aichi on October 15th.
Similar to events held in other countries, the idea is...
A Where’s Wally? Wally Run will take place in October, bringing together thousands of Wally (aka Waldo) cosplayers.
Applications are currently being accepted for the two “runs” in Osaka on October 2nd and Aichi on October 15th.
Similar to events held in other countries, the idea is...
- July 25, 2016
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Pokemon Go Debuts in Japan
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Smartphone game Pokemon Go made its long-awaited debut in Japan on Friday morning.
The app — which had been distributed in Western markets prior to its release in Japan and has surged in popularity — is also likely to be a big hit in the country that gave birth to Pokemon.
In the...
Smartphone game Pokemon Go made its long-awaited debut in Japan on Friday morning.
The app — which had been distributed in Western markets prior to its release in Japan and has surged in popularity — is also likely to be a big hit in the country that gave birth to Pokemon.
In the...
- July 23, 2016
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Mercedes-Benz Opens Virtual Car Showroom in Daikanyama T-Site Bookstore
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JAPAN TRENDS
Mercedes-Benz has opened a virtual showroom in central Tokyo. Potential car-buyers visiting the new space inside Daikanyama’s T-Site, an upmarket bookstore by Tsutaya, do not get to experience the “new car” smell typical of an automobile showroom. Instead, they use virtual reality ...
Mercedes-Benz has opened a virtual showroom in central Tokyo. Potential car-buyers visiting the new space inside Daikanyama’s T-Site, an upmarket bookstore by Tsutaya, do not get to experience the “new car” smell typical of an automobile showroom. Instead, they use virtual reality ...
- July 22, 2016
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Music Festivals in Tohoku To Celebrate Recovery
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Young people in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, which were devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, have organized their own modest rock festivals. Most of the events will take place from later this month as part of the summer music festival scene.
Here are...
Young people in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, which were devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, have organized their own modest rock festivals. Most of the events will take place from later this month as part of the summer music festival scene.
Here are...
- July 21, 2016
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Tokyo Goes Dada for Art Anniversary
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To celebrate the 100 years since the Dada art movement launched in Europe, a series of commemorative events is happening around Tokyo this summer.
Dada, or Dadaism, was an anti-art movement started in 1916 by Tristan Tzara and his peers, spreading across Europe in an attempt to celeb...
To celebrate the 100 years since the Dada art movement launched in Europe, a series of commemorative events is happening around Tokyo this summer.
Dada, or Dadaism, was an anti-art movement started in 1916 by Tristan Tzara and his peers, spreading across Europe in an attempt to celeb...
- July 15, 2016
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The Park-In Ginza Hosts Summer-themed Mika Ninagawa Exhibition
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JAPAN TRENDS
Earlier this year, japan trends website wrote about fashion guru Hiroshi Fujiwara’s new project, The Park-In Ginza, a unique retail concept space located in the parking lot underneath the soon-to-be demolished Sony Building in Ginza.
Not satisfied with its bold use of space and geo...
Earlier this year, japan trends website wrote about fashion guru Hiroshi Fujiwara’s new project, The Park-In Ginza, a unique retail concept space located in the parking lot underneath the soon-to-be demolished Sony Building in Ginza.
Not satisfied with its bold use of space and geo...
- July 9, 2016
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Studio Ghibli Anime Retrospective Exhibition, Themed Cafe Opens in Roppongi Hills
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This week, a major Studio Ghibli retrospective exhibition opens in Roppongi Hills, covering all of the studio’s 22 anime feature films.
The Ghibli Expo runs July 7th to September 11th, and includes sketches, previously unseen materials, posters, and even a recreation of what inside...
This week, a major Studio Ghibli retrospective exhibition opens in Roppongi Hills, covering all of the studio’s 22 anime feature films.
The Ghibli Expo runs July 7th to September 11th, and includes sketches, previously unseen materials, posters, and even a recreation of what inside...
- July 7, 2016
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teamLab Creates Summer Installation in Odaiba, Tokyo, with 10 Million Digital Flowers
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JAPAN TRENDS
After previous successes such as Infinity of Flowers with Gucci and Night Wonder Aquarium, teamLab has now teamed up with online retailer DMM and Fuji TV to create a new major summer attraction in Tokyo Bay.
“DMM.Planets art by teamLab” has a somewhat Japanese-English title and ope...
After previous successes such as Infinity of Flowers with Gucci and Night Wonder Aquarium, teamLab has now teamed up with online retailer DMM and Fuji TV to create a new major summer attraction in Tokyo Bay.
“DMM.Planets art by teamLab” has a somewhat Japanese-English title and ope...
- June 29, 2016
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