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Bookstore hotel Book and Bed Kyoto opens in Gion in December

  • Category:Stay
JAPAN TRENDS
 
Book and Bed, the bookstore where you can stay overnight, welcomes guests to its new branch in Gion, Kyoto, on December 2nd.
Somewhat confusingly called Book and Bed Tokyo Kyoto Branch, it is the second venue of the bookstore-cum-hotel, following the successful Ikebukuro space that...

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Designed by Kazuyo Sejima, Sumida Hokusai Museum opens in east Tokyo

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Tokyo has a major new museum in the form of the Sumida Hokusai Museum, which opened on November 22nd in east Tokyo’s Sumida ward.
Designed by Pritzker Prize-winner Kazuyo Sejima (SANAA) with bold use of aluminum panels on the exterior, the museum is dedicated to ukiyoe woodblock pr...

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Muslim Fashion Show in Tokyo

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Muslim women look at a model wearing a creation by brand Meem Clothings during Tokyo Modest Fashion Show, a Muslim fashion show, at Halal Expo Japan in Tokyo, on Tuesday.
 
 

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Anime Fans Flock to Station

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
An unmanned train station in Akita Prefecture is drawing fans of the popular anime movie “Kimi no Na wa” (your name.) for its purported resemblance to a station that appears in the film.
Maedaminami Station in Kitaakita, Akita Prefecture, is part of the Akita Nairiku Line, which ...

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Pikachu Money Box is The Cutest Way to Save Money This Year

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ROCKET NEWS
 
The electric Pokémon has moved into a Pokébox and now he’s hungry for your coins!
The “Itazura Bank” (“Prank Bank”) is an adorable battery-operated money-saving box that started with a cute cat-in-the-box several years ago and has since expanded to include collaborations with Hello ...

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Are They Pipes or Toys?

  • Category:Souvenir
THE JAPAN NEWS
 
AMAGASAKI, Hyogo — Local businesses in this Hyogo Prefecture city have pinned their hopes on a new type of building blocks — invented in the city and inspired by piping joints — hoping they will become a symbol of Amagasaki and make the city’s manufacturing abilities better known...

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Feeling Cold and Blue? Warm Your Body and Soul with a Cup of Bright Blue Tea from Japan!

  • Category:Gourmet
ROCKET NEWS
 
Herbal ingredient provides dazzling natural color.
One of the peculiar points of the Japanese language is that the word aoi, while most commonly meaning “blue,” can also mean “green.” For example, verdant forests and the traffic lights indicating “go” are both aoi.
However, the hue ...

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Designer Bar The Bank Reopens in Prewar Kamakura Bank Branch with Wonderwall Interior

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Masamichi Katayama’s Wonderwall has helped reopen the designer bar The Bank in the city of Kamakura, west of Tokyo. With interior design by Wonderwall, it has been restored to the way it was when it was run by the late art director Kaoru Watanabe.
 
The original venue opened in 200...

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Koike says Tsukiji fish market will not be relocated for at least 1 year

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — The controversial relocation of Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market will not take place for at least one year due to pending safety checks at the replacement site, even if the metropolitan government decides to go ahead with the move, Tokyo Gov Yuriko Koike said Friday.
The relocati...

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Abe Departs for Talks with Trump

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left Tokyo on Thursday on a weeklong trip to the United States, Peru and Argentina, during which he will hold talks with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump for the first time.
At the meeting with Trump in New York on Thursday evening,...

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