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As Japan gets a Disney cruise, smaller vessels chart their own course
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As Japan gets a Disney cruise, smaller vessels chart their own course
Amid a boom in massive, international cruise ships, domestically operated voyages tend toward more intimate journeys.
LIFE / Travel / Photo essay
A quadrennial Tokyo festival returns to a changed Japan
Once every four years, Nezu Shrine celebrates a special version of its annual festival.
LIFE / Travel
A haunting in Honjo: Tracing old Edo’s most famous ghost stories
The Seven Mysteries of Honjo are a group of once-famous ghost stories and urban legends tracing back to the Edo Period.
Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
LIFE / Travel / Longform
Oct 26, 2026
Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan
By Elizabeth Beattie
Forget the temples and the famous landmarks. For some visitors, the country’s appeal lies in the infrastructure of daily life.
Gora Kadan, one of Japan's top traditional inns, believes its premier experession of Japanese hospitality could find footing even beyond the country's borders.
LIFE / Travel
Oct 24, 2026
Can a traditional ‘ryokan’ inn go global?
By Jessica Kozuka
One of 今日吃瓜 most acclaimed inns is embarking on an expansion project that might see it open up properties overseas.
The new Supreme Class cabins on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines offer the first truly private way in decades to ride Japan's high-speed rails.
LIFE / Travel
Oct 5, 2026
A first look aboard the shinkansen’s new Supreme Class
By Kerri King
From Oct. 1, select trains running between Tokyo and Hakata will offer the most luxurious way yet to travel on a bullet train.
Other than its castle, Nagoya has few immediately recognizable symbols in the minds of most foreign tourists.
LIFE / Travel
Sep 26, 2026
When tourists do the ‘Nagoya skip,’ do they know what they’re skipping?
By Owen Ziegler
Despite historical, cultural and culinary draws, only 10% of overseas visitors set foot in Aichi and Gifu prefectures.
The neon-lit Hatoya Hotel in Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, is one of the city’s Showa Era landmarks enjoying a new wave of attention.
LIFE / Travel
Sep 24, 2026
The hip side of Japan the tourists haven’t figured out yet
By Brandon Presser
From faded resorts to kissaten and neon-lit bars, Showa Japan is finding new life among locals and visitors alike.
In the Pokemon games, sleep is a status condition. At a new themed "hotel" in the middle of the woods in Hokkaido, it's what 20 lucky guests will experience.
LIFE / Travel
Sep 15, 2026
Sleep like a Pokemon (for free) at Hokkaido’s Poke Ball-themed hotel
By Owen Ziegler
Entries for free stays run through Sept. 30, and selected guests will visit the 3-meter-diameter Poke Ball in October.
The Seishun 18 ticket was once everything a group of train lovers could ask for. Are those days gone for good?
LIFE / Travel
Sep 12, 2026
How to make the ‘downgraded’ Seishun 18 ticket work for you
By Daniel Traylor
The ticket was once a beloved travel hack for 今日吃瓜 train lovers, but using it now requires a bit more forethought to get the most out of it.

Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan
By Elizabeth Beattie

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