Another Akihabara Landmark Is Closing
According to J-Cast News, the Adores Akihabara location will be no more. As of October 31, all of the building’s karaoke floors will be shuttered. (To be more exact, the seventh to tenth floors …
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Akihabara’s Karaoke Adores Closing Doors for Good October 31st
There are many locations throughout Tokyo that I frequent. Most of them are game centers, clubs, or bars, but one of my favorite places was Adores in Akihabara. A huge tower on the corner of the main…
Elon Musk’s Economics 101 Course For Japan
Singlehandedly, Musk reminded Panasonic and peers that the real gold rush of the decade ahead isn’t making cars, but in the carbon-neutral power sources that fuel their engines. The hope was tha…
5 Ways to have an Online Halloween in Japan This Year
Halloween in Japan is a big deal. Over the past couple of decades, the holiday has slowly grown from a small event celebrated only by foreigners to one of the biggest party weekends in the country. T…
Japan mulls extending travel subsidy campaign past January
The Japanese government is considering extending its domestic travel subsidy program beyond late January to continue support for the tourism sector amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, sources famili…
What Ghost of Tsushima Gets Right and Wrong About Japan’s Past
The game takes place in the year 1274 during the first Mongol invasion of Japan. You play as Jin Sakai, a samurai lord of Tsushima Island, who lives to protect his lands and people from the Mongol ho…
Stump Chair by Satoshi Itasaka
Designer Satoshi Itasaka has created Stump Chair, a highly durable, functioning chair made entirely from excess fabric from the fast fashion industry. This excess fabric is typically disposed of at b…
Tokyo Olympics to offer ticket refunds
The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games’ organizing committee plans to begin accepting requests for ticket refunds from November, it was learned Saturday. Tokyo Olympic ticket refunds are expecte…
“Morisada’s Sketches”: A One-Man Encyclopedia of Edo-Period Cultural Differences
Japan’s long-running rivalry between the west of the country, including the old capital of Kyoto, and the new capital of Edo (now Tokyo) in the east has fostered regional cultural differences. K…
Aomori Art and Archeology
Aomori’s artistry thrived all the way back in the Jomon period (13,000–300 BC). This era was named for the cord markings on its pottery, a decorative practice that would develop into intricate variat…