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Tokyo big walk – Walking from Tokyo Station to the Big Sight convention center on Tokyo Bay【Pics】

A unique way to see some very different Tokyo neighborhoods.Tokyo Big Sight is Tokyo’s premier convention center, and as such you might expect it to be located in the middle of downtown Tokyo. The reality, though, is that Big Sight is located out on an island in Tokyo Bay.It’s still within the Tokyo city limits, though, which had us wondering, how long would it take to walk from Tokyo Station, which is in the city center, to Tokyo Big Sight?Before we get started, we should clarify that Big Sight

AI Spera to Participate in 'GovWare 2025'... Strengthening Global Market Expansion with ASM and CTI Technologies

AI Spera (CEO Kang Byungtak) announced on October 14 that it will participate in 'GovWare 2025,' Asia's largest security conference, to be held at Sand...

GABV Asia-Pacific Chapter meeting 2025 to be held in Colombo

The Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV) will host its Asia-Pacific Chapter Meeting 2025 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from ...

Bessent Still Sees Xi-Trump Meeting, Says All Options Open

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he still expects Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping will meet, while warning that ...

23rd Forbes Global CEO Conference Opens In Jakarta

Prabowo Subianto, President of the Republic of Indonesia, leads a distinguished speaker line-up for the 23rd Forbes Global ...

JR Hokkaido train driver in trouble for reading book about trains on stopped train

Employee accused of not being devoted enough to his work.The punctuality of trains in Japan is famous all over the world, but that level of efficiency doesn’t just happen by chance. It’s the result of a lot of hard work under very strict conditions that some would consider unbearable.Case in point is the matter of a train driver for JR Hokkaido for “not devoting himself to his work,” as the railway put it. At about 5 p.m. on 7 October, a train was stopped at Otaru Station

Studio Ghibli releases new anime tea and mugs in Japan

 A beautiful way to add a calming sense of escapism to your day.Every animated film from Studio Ghibli will take you on a journey, but in the case of the 1989 movie Kiki’s Delivery Service, that journey begins right away, with young witch Kiki packing for a year of witch training. As she rushes around her room, picking out favourite items to pack, she reaches into her bookshelf to retrieve a red tin that’s been secreted away before stuffing it into her knapsack as one of her mus

Godzilla and King Ghidorah fight it out inside this Tokyo hotel room that you can stay in【Pics】

Godzilla’s greatest rival comes to challenge him for his Shinjuku crown.Downtown Tokyo’sHotel Gracery Shinjuku has a good location. It’s situated on the edge of the Shinjuku neighborhood’s Kabukicho section, providing easy access to Japan’s biggest nightlife quarter, but it’s also near many of Shinjuku’s more relaxed shopping and dining options, plus it’s very close to the extremely useful Shinjuku Station, with train and subway lines connecting quickly to just about every sightseeing attraction

Classy and cute, Ghibli cloth coasters are here in time for autumn tea time【Photos】

Tea with Totoro, anyone?Fall is the most relaxing season, isn’t it? Nestled between the go-go-go excitement of summer and the chill of winter that makes staying in bed with your head under the covers all day feel like the wisest course of action, autumn is a time of year conducive to stretching out on the sofa with a good book and a nice cup of tea close at hand.Of course, when you’re not holding that cup of tea, you’re going to want a coaster to put it down on, and if you’re a Ghibli fan, you’r

Eco Expo Asia Opens at AsiaWorld-Expo in Late October to Promote Green Technologies

Showcasing Global Solutions to Accelerate Carbon Reduction Goals - The 20th edition of Eco Expo Asia, themed Green Innovations for Carbon Neutrality, will gather over 300 exhibitors from 12 countries and regions - The Expo will spotlight three key ar...

Kyoto travel alternative: The “little Kyoto” of Shuzenji【Photos】

Sometimes great travel experiences come in little-Kyoto packages.With its cultural importance and elegant aesthetics, Kyoto is one of Japan’s most beautiful cities. However, Kyoto is currently receiving more visitors than ever, and many would say the appeal of the place is diminished when your only view of the sights is beyond a mass of tourists in the foreground.So if you’re craving some of the Kyoto atmosphere, but without the Kyoto crowds, the solution might be a visit to one of Japan’s sho-K

Dragons shine at nighttime illumination event coming to Tokyo’s Toshogu Shrine later this month

Enjoy the lit-up structures of an important shrine inside of Ueno Park this autumn complete with special omamori and more.Ueno Park is usually known as one of the best places in Tokyo to view cherry blossoms in the spring, but the park’s dazzling fall foliage is also nothing to scoff at. This year, the park will also receive its own literal glow-up when a special illumination event titled “The Night of Light when Dreams Come True” takes place at Ueno Toshogu Shrine within its g

Totoro belly warmers are ready to keep your tummy toasty through the cold months ahead【Photos】

My haramaki Totoro.It’s hard to imagine Totoro ever feeling chilly. Part of that is because the events of the My Neighbor Totoro anime take place mostly in summer, but even in the end-credits illustration that shows the Ghibli star standing in the snow, he seems completely unfazed by the cold. From that, we can deduce that Totoro’s fur must be very warm, especially the section that covers his ample stomach, and with cold weather on the way, thankfully there’s a way to have a cozy Totoro tummy of

Green is the new color this autumn at Osaka hotel’s latest sweet buffet

Celebrate the fall season with chestnuts, grapes, and decadent matcha treats.For a limited-time this fall, matcha lovers throughout Japan will have the opportunity to indulge in a luxurious offering of some of Japan’s favorite autumn delights at Hotel New Otani Osaka. The “Super Sweets Buffet 2025: Autumn-colored Chestnuts and Matcha” is serving up a range of gorgeous seasonal sweets, combined with the elegant taste of matcha.The Super Sweets Buffet will be held from October 7 to November 30 and

Ice cream with Japanese dashi kelp stock shocks us enough to try it【Taste test】

A combination we’d never imagined, but is it one we’ll want to forget?The stock called dashi is one of the most ubiquitous ingredients in Japanese cooking. Made from kombu (kelp) and katsuobushi (bonito flakes), dashi can be found in miso soup, the broths for udon and soba noodles, and even as an ingredient in non-soups such as oyakodon (chicken and egg bowl) and gyudon (beef bowl).However, you usually won’t find dashi in ice cream. We say “usually,” though, because ice cream with dashi in it is

Rentschler Biopharma further expands its services in Japan and South Korea and will attend BioProcess International Asia

Members of Management and Business Development will be at BioProcess International Asia in Kyoto, Japan, October 20-22, 2025; Company will introduce the Rentschler Expression Plat ...

Almost arrested in Tokyo: Hentai Kamen cosplay leads to a brush with police in Shinjuku Ni-chome

Our boss tested the limits of Tokyo’s most liberated neighbourhood and was detained by police.Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ni-chome district is recognised as Japan’s most liberated and vibrant LGBTQ+ neighbourhood, and it’s an area that never sleeps, with an exciting vibe that lingers well into the morning. It’s a place where stories are born, myths are made…and our founder, Yoshio, was once almost arrested.The incident occurred eight years ago, when Yoshio was coaxed int

Starbucks celebrates Halloween with new Frappuccino, tea and drinkware in Japan

Join us as we find out if these new items live up to the hype.It’s not long now until Halloween…that is, unless you’re at Starbucks in Japan, where the festivities are already underway. At the centre of the celebrations is a special limited-edition beverage called the Acai Berry Frappuccino (730 yen [US$4.79]), which is dressed up to look like a mischievous black cat.▼ The chocolate ears make it seem like a cat is hiding out inside.The combination of cat ears and dark black and

Studio Ghibli releases cosy new anime socks to warm our toes and hearts this autumn

My Neighbour Totoro, Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle and Kiki’s Delivery Service feature in this new collection.Now that the days are finally getting cooler, Studio Ghibli is here to keep our toes and hearts warm with a bumper new collection of socks featuring some of our favourite characters.With a wide variety of styles to suit your needs and preferences, it’ll be hard to choose just one pair to add to our sock drawer. Let’s take a look at everything available below

Hello Kitty Picnic Garden event comes to Tokyo’s swanky Roppongi district this month

Kitty-chan is celebrating her birthday in style.As we get deeper into autumn, picnicking opportunities usually start to dry up. What with the weather getting colder and the days shorter, it becomes tougher to plan one out and coordinate schedules with friends, and so oftentimes those picnic plans get pushed back to the following spring.However, this year’s picnic season isn’t quite over yet, and there’s an especially compelling invitation from none other than Hello Kitty.Coming October 29 to the