Day: September 21, 2025

Yearly Plate is filled with gorgeous anime details.  Every year, Studio Ghibli releases a special limited-edition “Yearly Plate” featuring characters from My Neighbour Totoro. Produced in collaboration with Noritake, a…

BowBear hopes you’ll see no bear. This year has seen 69 bear attacks across Japan, nearing the 2023 all-time high of 71. Five people also tragically lost their lives in…

A look around Japan for the best places to see the country from up and above. There’s a bit of irony in that sometimes Japan’s supposedly best views are also…

Parent backstopped the Flyers to a pair of Stanley Cup championships in 1974 and 1975.

The Big Easy Mac. Prices just seem to keep rising in Japan, with no end in sight. To make matters worse, our Tokyo-based writers have fallen victim to McDonald’s “urban…

Enjoy Shinkansen-level comfort with an ekiben and beer on a commuter train.  With record-breaking numbers of overseas tourists visiting Japan, many of the central areas in big cities like Tokyo…