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Shizuoka hot springs town invites you to see one of the longest hina doll displays in Japan
This stairway of hina dolls at a local shrine is a true sight to behold and might actually make you lose your breath for good reason.Spring is almost upon us, and with the advent of March comes an important cultural festival in Japan. Hina Matsuri, also known as the Doll Festival or Girls’ Day, is a time when families with at least one daughter pray for her health and happiness. A major way to celebrate the festival is to set up tiered displays of dolls dressed in the style of imperial cou
Cute coffins now available at Tokyo’s coffin relaxation salon[Photos]
Unique Takadanobaba meditation space gets a splash of cuteness to brighten up the deathly décor.Meiso Kukan Kanoke-in is a relaxation space in downtown Tokyo’s Takadanobaba neighborhood. It’s a unique place, not just because it offers a spot for patrons to meditate or zone out for a while, but because they do so while lying down in coffins (kanoke in Japanese).As shown in the photo above, Meiso Kukan Kanoke-in has an array of Japanese-style coffins, and the staff invites guests to “gaze at life
The other side of Shibuya Station has a great restaurant for trying tamagokakegohan
It’s worth going against the tourist flow to grab a bite here.When travelers to Tokyo talk about “Shibuya,” they’re usually talking about the streets and centers to the north of Shibuya Station. That’s the section of the neighborhood where you’ll find the Shibuya Scramble crossing, the statue of faithful dog Hachiko, the Center-gai shopping street, and the Parco department store, with its Nintendo and Pokémon specialty shops.However, there’s also some great stuff waiting to the south of the stat
Poop is in full bloom at the Unko Museums for cherry blossom season
Spring is in the air.In Japan, it has long stood as a symbol of both nature’s boundless fertility and its delicate transience, serving as a regular reminder that all is not long for the world and yet everything comes around again. Yes, poop is a miraculous thing, second only perhaps to cherry blossoms.So, it’s only natural that this year, Unko Museum locations across the country will be holding the Super Full Bloom!!! Unko Sakura 2026 event. The Unko Museum, in which “Unko” is the Japanese word
Playing Switch 2 games with just one hand is possible thanks to Japanese peripheral maker
Gametech wants you to be able to keep one hand free for doing other things while you play.The Switch 2 is a very flexible piece of video gaming hardware. You can play games in handheld mode, on your TV in docked mode, or even split the difference by deploying the kickstand and using the main unit as its own self-standing monitor.And now, you can even play Switch 2 games with just one hand.That might sound like a hard trick to pull off. The complete Switch 2 controller, after all, has a total of
Sakura Totoro is here to get spring started early with adorable pouches and plushies
Totoro is tickled pink, and so are we.Pretty much anyone with an interest in animated cinema can tell you that there’s a gray Totoro, and anime enthusiasts are well aware that there are blue and white varieties of the cuddle forest spirit too. Serious Studio Ghibli fans can probably inform you that there’s a green Totoro too, who sometimes shows up in illustrations.But with spring on the way, it’s time for pink Totoros!Just as the cherry blossoms are about to return to Japan’s forests, parks, an
Fives places around Japan to appreciate the plum blossoms this season
Spring hasn’t quite sprung yet but we can still soak up its essence in the humble yet mighty plum blossoms.Despite their beauty, plum blossoms, known as ume no hana in Japanese, are often overshadowed by their cherry blossom cousins that unfurl their petals just a tiny bit later every year. One has to admire the tenacity of the plums, however, which may even begin blooming when their branches are still coated in a dusting of snow.Plum blossoms are long overdue for more widespread appreciat
Legendary pie cafe Anna Miller’s finally returns to Tokyo after three-year absence
Welcome back, Anna (and Anna’s pies)!It was with sad hearts, and growling stomachs, that we learned back in 2022 that Anna Miller’s would be closing. A legend among sweets fans, the restaurant chain with a focus on delicious pies first arrived in Japan in 1973 and went on to even greater fame here than it had ever achieved in its original home of Hawaii. Just shy of 50 years of being an iconic part of the dessert scene, though, the chain announced in June of 2022 that it would be closing its las
Naruto and Converse team up for new line of shinobi sneakers[Photos]
Wearable salutes to six iconic characters from the shonen ninja saga.There are a lot of anime/manga franchises that feature ninja, but part of what makes Naruto stand out from the rest is its eclectic costume design. Sure, you’ve got the headbands, armor plating, and other kinds of historical garb found in most ninja series, but there’s also an undercurrent of modern street fashion, especially in the tracksuit-like outfit that Naruto himself wears.The setting is one in which neither ninja nor sn
What’s up with the secret basement at this Japanese train station?
There’s one level in this underground dungeon that can only be seen, but not accessed, by the public.“There’s something that’s been bothering me on my commute, so could you please look into it?”That was the message our Japanese team received from a reader recently, and it immediately piqued our interest. The message went on to reveal that at Korakuen Station in Tokyo, on the way from the Marunouchi Line to the Namboku Line, there’s an elevator with a button fo
Now is the time to visit one of Tokyo’s best off-the-beaten-path plum blossom gardens
The ume of Ikegami grow up a terraced hillside, and under the radar.Though they tend to get overshadowed by the more famous cherry blossoms, Japan’s plum blossoms, or ume, are not to be missed. Flowering in a range of colors from pure white to a deep purplish pink, ume are lovely to look at and have a sweet scent that can get carried on the breeze. Because they blossom in February, the coldest winter weather is usually over and done, but since it’s not quite spring yet, plum blossoms don’t attra
Here comes Japan’s newest fruit dessert sandwich: 7-Eleven’s purple Blueberry Sandwich!
Purple bread, all in my Japanese convenience store sweets.With Valentine’s Day chocolate being such a big deal in Japan, it’s generally a bad idea to try to tempt people with any sort of non-chocolate sweets during the first half of February. There’s simply too much chocolatey goodness out there to compete with.But once we get past February 14? Then the sweets schedule opens up considerably, and rushing to fill our about-to-expand dessert needs is 7-Eleven Japan. You won’t find this new treat ne
New zombie ship sets sail in Japan, includes Shinkansen tickets and all-you-can-eat sushi
Are you ready to go on the scariest cruise of your life?Escape rooms in Japan know no bounds, with people being encouraged to escape from hotels, trains, and haunted manors. Now, the boat is being taken out even further, quite literally, with the opening of a zombie ship from which there’s said to be “no escape”, and it’s been created by a company called Obaken.A play on the word “obake”, which means ghost, monster, or apparition, the Obaken Zombie Ship is sai
It’s illegal for yakuza to go to professional baseball games in Japan, Tokyo arrests remind us
Life of crime or live baseball fan? You can only choose one.There are a whole lot of reasons to not make the decision to lead a life of crime. Aside from the moral implications of profiting via harmful or otherwise unscrupulous means, there’s the legal repercussions one faces if caught and convicted.And even if you aren’t bothered by any of those, choosing to be a gangster in Japan also means you won’t be able to go to any professional baseball games.This is something that the Tokyo Metropolitan
Tokyo’s best ramen breakfast? Restaurant two minutes from Tokyo Station is a strong contender
Special morning-only ramen is a great way to start your Tokyo day.They say that you should never put off until tomorrow that which you can do today, and by that same logic, you should never put off until lunch or dinner that which you can eat for breakfast. However, with many ramen restaurants not opening until around noon, starting your day the ramen way isn’t always an option, but we recently stumbled across a fantastic spot for morning ramen with an extremely convenient location for travelers
Elderly Japan man arrested for stealing toilet, using it in his home for three months
Veteran contractor becomes senior thief.A lot has been said about the reasons for Japan’s low crime rate. Some people point to Confucian philosophy, while others look for more modern factors such as high-density population centers leading to a strong sense of responsibility to be considerate to one another in all aspects of life, since there’s less physical buffer space between people.A key factor that often gets overlooked, though, is that part of the reason Japan has relatively few thieves is
Room 404: What happened when we stayed in an unlucky hotel room in Japan
There’s a reason hotels don’t use this number for their rooms.In Japan, the numbers “4” (“shi”) and “9” (“ku”) are associated with death and suffering, due to the way the word “shi” can also be used to mean “death” and “ku” can mean “suffering“.The belief is so widespread that hospitals and hotels avoid using these numbers wherever possible, so much so that it’s not uncommon for hote
Foreign tourists in Japan will get free Shinkansen tickets to promote regional tourism
Prefectural government will pay for tickets to encourage international travelers to visit their corner of Japan.Japan’s Shinkansen bullet network is made up of a number of different lines, but often when international travelers talk about taking “the Shinkansen” they’re referring to the Tokaido Shinkansen and Sanyo Shinkansen lines, which flow seamlessly into one another with no train transfer required. Together, they stretch from Tokyo in the east to Fukuoka in the west, and many travelers make
Super-salty pizza sends six kids to the hospital in Japan, linguistics blamed
Home economics class pizza had more tsumami than it was supposed to.Pizza, famously, is hard to screw up, so much so that “_____ is like pizza. Even when it’s bad, it’s still pretty good,” became shorthand for things in which acceptable quality is very easy to find.Here’s the thing about something that’s hard to screw up, though: When someone does somehow manage to screw it up, it’s probably going to be really, really bad. Case in point, a half-dozen teens in Japan recently sat down for some piz