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Crowds Welcome 2018 in Scramble Crossing at Shibuya Countdown Event
- Category:Event
JAPAN TRENDS
On New Year’s Eve, the center of Shibuya was closed to traffic and people flocked to the area to welcome 2018.
Though it is more traditional to celebrate the arrival of the New Year by eating soba noodles with your family and watching Kohaku on television, followed by a visit to a ...
On New Year’s Eve, the center of Shibuya was closed to traffic and people flocked to the area to welcome 2018.
Though it is more traditional to celebrate the arrival of the New Year by eating soba noodles with your family and watching Kohaku on television, followed by a visit to a ...
- January 10, 2018
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Sharpen Your Look with Stylish Damascus Steel Watches Modeled After Japanese Blades
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ROCKET NEWS
Wear a unique, exquisite timepiece filled with Japanese sword traditionon your wrist.
Seki in Gifu Prefecture is also known as the “Japanese Knife Capital”, a place where some of the finest knives and swords in Japan are made. The city has seen a decline in craftsmen in recent years...
Wear a unique, exquisite timepiece filled with Japanese sword traditionon your wrist.
Seki in Gifu Prefecture is also known as the “Japanese Knife Capital”, a place where some of the finest knives and swords in Japan are made. The city has seen a decline in craftsmen in recent years...
- January 9, 2018
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New JAXA Radar to Spot Small Debris
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THE JAPAN NEWS
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will start developing a new high-efficiency radar system in fiscal 2018 to monitor space debris as small as about 10 centimeters, as part of its efforts to avoid collisions between debris and artificial satellites, according to source...
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will start developing a new high-efficiency radar system in fiscal 2018 to monitor space debris as small as about 10 centimeters, as part of its efforts to avoid collisions between debris and artificial satellites, according to source...
- January 9, 2018
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Blackface in Japan (again): New Year’s Eve TV Show Gaki no Tsukai Features Comedian in Blackface
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JAPAN TRENDS
New Year in Japan has many traditions, from the food to household decorations. Television is part of the ritual of Oshogatsu, perhaps most famously the NHK music show Kohaku.
Another perennial favorite is the New Year’s Eve special of long-running comedy show Downtown no Gaki no Ts...
New Year in Japan has many traditions, from the food to household decorations. Television is part of the ritual of Oshogatsu, perhaps most famously the NHK music show Kohaku.
Another perennial favorite is the New Year’s Eve special of long-running comedy show Downtown no Gaki no Ts...
- January 8, 2018
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Ginza Cozy Corner Unveils Cute Range of Osechi New Year Cakes Featuring Lucky Japanese Symbols
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ROCKET NEWS
There are more than a dozen cakes in the new collection, all served with sweet toppings that reflect centuries of meaning and symbolism.
In Japan, the New Year’s period is filled with important traditions that have been passed down over the years.
There’s the custom of putting up sp...
There are more than a dozen cakes in the new collection, all served with sweet toppings that reflect centuries of meaning and symbolism.
In Japan, the New Year’s period is filled with important traditions that have been passed down over the years.
There’s the custom of putting up sp...
- January 6, 2018
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Sharp Releases Movable Solar-powered Charging Stand
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - Sharp Corp has released a movable solar-powered charging stand that uses the company's Blacksolar high-efficiency solar panel and can charge smartphones and other devices.
The charging stand can charge devices at the time of disaster and can be easily set up at sightseeing s...
TOKYO - Sharp Corp has released a movable solar-powered charging stand that uses the company's Blacksolar high-efficiency solar panel and can charge smartphones and other devices.
The charging stand can charge devices at the time of disaster and can be easily set up at sightseeing s...
- January 5, 2018
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Comparing The Changing Landscape of Akihabara Today and Ten Years Ago
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JAPAN TRENDS
Tokyo can sometimes seem less of a city than a polymorphous, ever-changing organism. Each month brings new buildings and infrastructure, all in the name of a constant cycle of construction, destruction, and redevelopment.
An attempt to keep track of these never-ending transformatio...
Tokyo can sometimes seem less of a city than a polymorphous, ever-changing organism. Each month brings new buildings and infrastructure, all in the name of a constant cycle of construction, destruction, and redevelopment.
An attempt to keep track of these never-ending transformatio...
- January 5, 2018
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Watch a Century of Japanese Animation in Under 15 Minutes
- Category:Experience
JAPAN TRENDS
Japanese anime might be most famous for the likes of Your Name or Studio Ghibli’s offerings, but it actually has a history that goes back 100 years.
This video, produced by the Association of Japanese Animations’ [sic] Anime Next 100 promotional project, introduces an incredible 12...
Japanese anime might be most famous for the likes of Your Name or Studio Ghibli’s offerings, but it actually has a history that goes back 100 years.
This video, produced by the Association of Japanese Animations’ [sic] Anime Next 100 promotional project, introduces an incredible 12...
- January 4, 2018
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Sweetness in The Air
- Category:Cherry blossoms
THE JAPAN NEWS
Visitors enjoy the fragrance of soshin robai (a variety of winter sweet) flowers on Saturday at Showa Kinen Park, which straddles Tachikawa and Akishima in Tokyo.
There are about 650 trees at the park with these sweet flowers, which turn completely yellow as they bloom. The flow...
Visitors enjoy the fragrance of soshin robai (a variety of winter sweet) flowers on Saturday at Showa Kinen Park, which straddles Tachikawa and Akishima in Tokyo.
There are about 650 trees at the park with these sweet flowers, which turn completely yellow as they bloom. The flow...
- January 4, 2018
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Workers’ Mental Health More Important Than 2 Million Yen As Ramen Chain Closes For New Year’s
- Category:Gourmet
ROCKET NEWS
500-restaurant chain closes all branches to give employees’ time to spend with families at New Year’s.
With roughly 500 branches serving up tasty noodles, the Korakuen ramen chain is a great place for a quick, hot meal (like its chashu ramen, pictured above), especially during the c...
500-restaurant chain closes all branches to give employees’ time to spend with families at New Year’s.
With roughly 500 branches serving up tasty noodles, the Korakuen ramen chain is a great place for a quick, hot meal (like its chashu ramen, pictured above), especially during the c...
- January 3, 2018
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