Who needs hacking? We got clacking! When I first heard my daughter was going to take abacus lessons after school, I didn’t really know what to make of it. I…
Promises the unusual addition will make your cup “richer and more fragrant.” If you don’t want to drink your coffee black, it’s not unusual to put a little cream or…
Sure beats stale snacks from the vending machine. Matsudo High School, a public school in the town of Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, used to have a little campus store where students…
Our Tottori-born reporter buys some “sand eggs” cooked at insanely high temperatures to determine just how egg-citing they are. Our Japanese-language reporter Ikuna Kamezawa now lives in Tokyo, but she…
Travel off the beaten path and enjoy exquisite meals on this very special Japanese train. Kyoto is known for drawing crowds of tourists, who descend on the ancient capital in…