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Latest volume in Hayao Miyazaki Image Board Series traces the pre-history of Nausicaa, with over 50 never-before-seen Hayao Miyazaki illustrations.

A rare chance to see this temple-within-a-temple that’s off the beaten tourist track. Kyoto is one of Japan’s top travel destinations, and with good reason, as the city boasts the densest distribution ...

The first of those is going to be going into service this summer at the Hotel Vison in the town of Taki, Mie Prefecture. With Calpis being refreshingly sweet but not as sugary as cola, it’s a drink ...

We’re not talking chump change here, either. Metagen is offering a rate of 5,000 yen (US$34.50) per poo. However, this doesn’t mean that you can simply saunter in, take a dump, and hold out your ...

Legends say Sai no Kawara exists on the border between the realms of the living and the dead, but the map says it’s in Tottori. Our Japanese-language reporter Ikuna Kamezawa was born and grew up in ...

Stories in Shinkansen ice cream tag.Kyoto Shinkansen sweets dessert hack – How to make the bullet train’s super-hard ice cream even better Casey Baseel Jun 26, 2025 ...

Experience the pitter-patter of raindrops like Totoro in the forest. June and early July are the rainiest times in Japan, when continual days of grey skies tend to dampen the mood as much as they do ...

There are a multitude of JLPT strategy guides out there, but I’d like to share my experience in how I prepared for the test, since I feel like I did a few things differently. I’ll go over each section ...

Once the afternoon had come and gone, it was finally our time to enter the restaurant. Like many buffets in Japan, KFC Restaurant has different pricing plans depending on the day or time, starting at ...

Another heartwarming tale of Nintendo’s legendary God-like customer service. Japanese customer service is often hailed as the best in the world, and one local company that’s become particularly ...

Although it was chocolate-vanilla swirl ice cream, the chocolate flavor became most dominant and gave an interesting smoky feeling to the spicy miso broth. I was hoping that the cone would act like a ...