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Six Pocket Monster characters to suit all types of furry felines. One of the best things about shopping in Japan

Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force has appointed a new mascot to represent it and strike fear into the hearts of those

The annual Halloween parade in the city of Kawasaki, Japan usually includes thousands of human participants,

Traditional Japanese culture celebrates the beauty of transience and imperfection—best encapsulated in a term known as

As islands that are occupied by wild animals go, Okunoshima, better known as Usaga Jima or Rabbit Island

The traditional festival takes place at the Sensoji Temple in Tokyo, where Sumo wrestlers take the stage

Japan has a centuries-old tradition of traditional bathhouses. The Yunessun Spa Resort in Hakone has

If you’re looking to go clubbing in Japan, you may find the latest hotspot tucked away in a Buddhist temple. The traditional Japanese

Each season, thousands of damaged bats are reprocessed into reusable “kattobashi,” a mash-up of the Japanese word

outsider artist living in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. You can find him riding his bike wearing

VR headsets let us step into some of our most favorite and iconic fictional worlds. I can stand at the edge of High Hrothgar, peering down at the rolling landscapes of Skyrim

Using the orbiting Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, an international research group that includes NASA researchers has named a constellation of gamma ray-emitting stars Godzilla,