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Japanese Snow Crabs Sells For $44,000 In An Auction!

November 10, 2021 by Japan Informer

Fishing season is on for Japan, and the sale of a $44,000 or 5 million yen snow crab marks the beginning of the fishing port auction in Ishikawa Prefecture. Among the 58 tones of Saturday’s haul, only one met the criteria for the auction. The male snow crab met the base criteria of 1.5kg in weight and 14.5 inches in shell diameter. The auction took place on the Kanazawa … [Read more...] about Japanese Snow Crabs Sells For $44,000 In An Auction!

Japan Develops Wooden Satellites That Explode Upon Re-entry To Reduce Space Junk

Japan might soon produce the first wooden satellites in the world that will burn as they fall back towards Earth and not release harmful chemicals into the atmosphere to help reduce the amount of space debris. Sumitomo Forestry, a Japan-based wood processing firm, announced that they are researching the best wood material suitable for the […]

Check Out These Amazing Leaf Art From a Japanese Artist

Sometimes when we were kids, we used to draw tons of things on leaves. Leaves are so common to us since we see them everywhere; we stopped thinking about their versatility. However, one Japanese artist decided to use leaves as his canvas, and now he does magnificent leaf art. He draws full-out detailed scenes in […]

Japan: Life after devastating tsunami revealed in pictures

When a massive earthquake struck in 2011, Japanese oyster fisherman Atsushi Fujita was working as usual by the sea. Soon after, a huge black wave slammed into his city and killed nearly 2,000 people. Seven years on, Fujita and thousands like him along Japan’s north-east coast have rebuilt their lives alongside huge sea walls […]

Japan Sees A Meter High Tsunami After Tonga Volcano Eruption But No Major Damage

Japan witnessed tsunami waves approximately 1 meter high in the coastal regions on Sunday. After the eruption of an underwater volcanic crater off Tonga, there was no major flooding or damage but almost 230,000 residents got evacuation orders. Japan’s meteorological agency had issued alerts and tsunami warnings at the beginning of the day of the […]

Japanese Grandparents Create Life-Sized Totoro Bus Stop For Their Grandchildren

Studio Ghibli lovers are flocking to a subject in Takaharu, Miyazaki, Japan to have their picture taken beside a life-sized reproduction Totoro bus stop. Created by a 70-year-antique couple for his or her grandchildren, the adorable statue of the iconic individual from the film “My Neighbor Totoro” was crafted from scratch using a conventional plastering […]

America Is Falling In Love With Japanese Kei Trucks

Japanese innovations have captivated the world for years; however, with all the latest technology and innovative designs, no one would believe that the newest thing to create a stir in other countries is an ordinary Japanese Kei trucks that comes straight from the highways of Japan. The Kei truck is a tiny vehicle popular across […]

Japanese Body Language : 7 Key Gesture To Learn

It may surprise you to know there are close to 100 different gestures regularly used by Japanese people to communicate with friends, colleagues and the general public. While most of those used by Western countries are crude or considered a novelty, the Japanese rely on hand gestures to communicate everything from basic requests to expressing […]

Top 10 Most Popular Japanese Actresses

Oricon Style, a company with a status similar to that of Billboard, has recently published a ranking of the most popular artists in Japan. This company regularly releases top 10 rankings covering various areas of Japan’s entertainment industry, including music, television, and other forms of art. Through its rankings , it is possible to get […]

Japanese Fish That Beat Pokémon Sapphire Passes Away

The fans mourn the death of Lala, the fish who discovered the Pokémon glitch that no human would have within the past 20 years. With the series’ colossal popularity and accessible difficulty level, many people have beat the Pokémon video game. Therefore, a Japanese player, Lala defeating Pokémon Sapphire could not be that noteworthy…except because […]

JR Central unveils new bullet train to be equipped with LED headlights (video)

TOYOKAWA, Aichi — Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Central) on Oct 1 unveiled a testing car of the new N700S series bullet train that is set to be introduced in fiscal 2020. The new bullet train, unveiled at the Nippon Sharyo Toyokawa Plant in Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture, will be the first bullet train in […]