JAPAN TRENDS
 
Two things people readily associate with Japan are elements of history (especially samurai) and technology (particularly, at least more recently, somewhat wacky examples).
These two are present in abundance in this video of a stunt sponsored by telecommunications giant SoftBank, fe...

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All anime lovers, gather up!
For the past five years, professionals, anime fans have gathered at Tokyo Big Sight for the annual AnimeJapan to share the latest trends and releases from the Japanese animation industry. This year, 150,000 visitors came to AnimeJapan 2018, which took pla...

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Shinto ritual at the oldest horse archery range in Japan
Venue: Washibara When: Apr 8th - Apr 9th 2018,  11:00am - 2:00pm
Yabusame (流鏑馬｜やぶさめ) is a type of horse archery performed on the grounds of shrines, with 3 targets to hit along the range. It is a long standing tradition...

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The world's biggest anime event
Venue: Tokyo Big Sight When: Mar 22nd - Mar 25th 2018,  10:00am - 4:30pm
Anime Japan is the Japanese animation industry's premier annual event, with hundreds of domestic and overseas anime-related companies descending on Tokyo Big Sight in late March f...

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Be amazed by the spectacular show of lights
Winter season is here and one of Japan's best winter illuminations is Nabana No Sato, in Mie prefecture. Even though the annual illuminations have been ongoing annually for more than ten years, visitors are still mainly from within Japan, a...

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Bi-annual expo showcasing manga
Venue: Tokyo Big Sight When: Dec 29th - Dec 31st 2017,  10:00am - 5:00pm
The Comic Market (Comiket) is a marketplace where individuals can offer their own self-produced creations to a community that appreciates and supports such creative personal activ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Well, we are in December and the countdown has finally begun to the most wonderful time of the year — and no I don’t mean the release of the latest "Star Wars" movie.
Christmas and New Year are a big deal in Japan these days. The Japanese have adopted traditionally western i...

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Japan's annual mascot competition
After stumbling across Japan's obsession with mascot characters, I could not resist researching more and came across the Mascot Grand Prix, one of the biggest mascot competitions in Japan. This competition has been an annual affair since 2010, whereb...

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A must-visit exhibition for architecture lovers
Venue: National Art Center When: Sep 27th - Dec 18th 2017,  10:00am - 6:00pm
Until December 18th, the National Art Center runs the exhibition "Tadao Ando: Endeavors", a tribute to the life and work of one of the greatest Japanese archit...

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Vote for the best burgers of East Japan, then eat them!
Since 2014, a brouhaha of burger masters and their foodie fans have gathered in Koori town, Fukushima Prefecture to decide the best burger in East Japan—often by eating as many burgers as humanly possible! It all started as a fu...

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