Christmas

Best 5 Christmas Illuminations In Tokyo That Will Remain Only Till Christmas

December 20, 2021 by Japan Informer

The Christmas season is, without doubt, the most glittering season, and everyone celebrates Christmas with beautiful lighting illuminating the city's streets and parks. Although many of these lights stay around until the close of winter in Japan, only a few will remain till Christmas Day. Make sure you put on your warmest clothing and get there to them before they're … [Read more...] about Best 5 Christmas Illuminations In Tokyo That Will Remain Only Till Christmas

Watch How Aquarium Divers Dress Up As Santa Claus In Japan!

December 8, 2021 by Japan Informer

The massive tank in Shimoda Aquarium in Shizuoka Prefecture is home to over 5,000 fish from 60 species found in the waters near the Izu Peninsula. And during the holidays, divers dress up as Santa Claus and enter the tank to feed the fish. The audience was in awe as most of them had never seen a ray fish being fed. Be sure to visit the Shimoda aquarium before the 25th of … [Read more...] about Watch How Aquarium Divers Dress Up As Santa Claus In Japan!

Japanese manga artist creates the most amazing series of ballpoint pen drawings

Osaka-based illustrator and Manga artist Yukihiro Tada is insanely talented with a ball-point pen. The drawings depict regular Japanese scenes, such as shopping districts, neighbourhoods, and train stations – all etched in black ink. The illustrator himself even tends to make a special appearance in the illustrations, whether that be shopping or hanging about. Sometimes even with his pet […]

A Robotic Supermarket Bagging System Is Set To Seriously Change Your Shopping Experience.

THE supermarket queue could soon be relegated to the history books thanks to new technology that can quickly scan all the items in a shopping basket at once. Panasonic’s new “Reji Robo” system has already begun to roll out across Japan. It works by scanning small radiofrequency ID tags which are attached to every item. […]

9 Japanese School Rules That Are Shocking, But True

Schools differ a lot from each other, but schools from different countries are a total mass of varieties. While Japanese people are beautiful and fashionable, like the little girl who is an Instagram fashion star, they cannot be fashionable at school. Japanese schools have pretty strict rules, and you must obey them if you want […]

Former Japanese Princess Mako And Her Husband Settling Into NYC Quite Well

It’s been a little over one month since the former Japanese princess Mako and her husband Kei Komuro completed their shift to the magnificent NYC, and it appears they are settling into their new home. The couple was seen together taking a stroll with their facemasks around the neighborhood. Mako is the oldest child of […]

Japanese Government Plans To Stop Letting Foreign Students Buy Tax-Free Goods

The Japanese authorities and its ruling parties have decided to eliminate the policy that allows international students and other long-term residents to buy duty-free goods to respond to possible reselling cases and complaints about excessive check-ups for eligibility. Under the current system, set to be updated in the context of tax reforms planned for the […]

Japanese national football team · Nanno Forlan saying “Why do not you pass”?

There is every possibilities in all the smaller and micro smaller missions. Japan has recently done a lots of advancemebt in the era of sports , especially in football. “Sports other stories” exploring hidden stories of topic athletes. Today I will decide two goals in the game against Uruguay on the 16th and pick up […]

Japanese Artist Has Been Creating Miniature Dioramas Every Day For Seven Years (40+ Pics)

JAPAN| Imagine what would happen if the world around you suddenly shrank. What kind of life would it be like? It would be necessary to rebuild our homes from other things. Bugs would be a far more serious threat and travel would take longer. Tatsuya Tanaka in Japan creates miniature dioramas that show tiny people […]

The Japanese Govt is interested in moon-based food production projects for the future.

In line with the plans to start long-term stays in the moon’s orbit by the 2030s, the government-led initiative to encourage technology development for cultivating and supplying food for the planet Earth is set to kick off. The government has envisioned making the most of organic waste from the moon’s surface as raw materials and […]

This Japanese Diver Has Been Visiting His Best Friend Fish For 25 Years

One Japanese diver has been best friends with the same wrasse fish for 25 years – and this is not a fairytale, guys. This friendship with animals is for real. Hiroyuki Arakawa has been entrusted to oversee one of the Shinto religion’s shrines called torii, which is located beneath the surface of Japan’s Tateyama Bay. […]

Interview with Shogo Suzuki: The CEO Changing Japanese Society’s Attitude to Ex-Inmates

Japan’s prison system has been thrown into the spotlight in recent months thanks to the accusations against, and detention of, one Carlos Ghosn, illustrious ex-CEO of Nissan. This has exposed questionable practices such as “hostage justice”; forcing suspects into limbo through extended detention until they confess, irrespective of real guilt. Once imprisoned and then released […]