From hidden temples to lively festivals, old tales to everyday scenes - stories, photos, and videos of the Japan that lives between the headlines and the guidebooks.
Is time travel possible? Let’s do an experiment at this old station in Yokohama.
An old brick bridge, originally built as a floodgate, has been standing inconspicuously in Tokyo for over 100 years.
What do horses, an abandoned building, and U.S. military have in common? Read this report from a hill on the outskirts o...
The tempting smell of ramen, a river covered in petals of sakura, and a 600 year old tree. What more can you wish for a...
People in Tokyo are very familiar with the landmark Rainbow Bridge but not so many seem to know that you can walk across...
A pair of bulky, centuries-old statues. Red paper covering. What’s this all about?
Old, retro-looking Showa places are sometimes used as filming locations. Nogata Bunka Market in Tokyo’s Nakano ward is n...
Laundromats don’t have to be boring. One man turned them into a place where you can see famous people. Read the story be...
In the middle of a dense residential neighborhood there is a quiet corner where a well-known writer from Meiji period us...
A large housing complex built almost six decades ago during the postwar housing boom still stands in the middle of a cha...
Foxes and fluttering red banners everywhere you turn! That’s how I would describe my first impression of the Toyokawa In...