Best Places to Visit in Japan
Japan is opening its arms to visitors. Japanese authorities announced their complete drop of all COVID-19 travel restrictions back on 8 May 2023. This was ma… Read More
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On New Year’s Eve (7 a.m. Hanoi time), London (England) welcomed 2023 with a spectacular fireworks display. This is also the first fireworks display since 201… Read More
“A Japanese is born as a Shinto, marries as a Christian, and dies as a Buddhist.” This looks impossible, but in Japan, it has its logic. The concept of spirituality and religion… Read More
Based on the Cool-kyou Shinja manga series, “Peach Boy Riverside” is a fantasy TV anime that tells the narrative of a magical world separated by prejudice and discrimination that… Read More
Once upon a time, the Okayama (岡山) plain was an inland sea called Kibi no Anaumi, which was surrounded by the powerful province of Kibi. It was a time of belligerent princes, c… Read More
The Peach Boy Riverside anime director has been openly discussing why he felt the first season needed to rearrange the chronological events. Pic credit: Studio Asahi ProductionThe Peach Boy… Read More
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The sound was a low but constant hum, startling because it wasn't the sound I was expecting to hear. In my head, I had imagined something high p… Read More
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The shrines of Japan are surprisingly diverse. While these scared grounds may all share a familiar torii gate, depending on the shrine you visit you may be prayi… Read More
Imagine swinging a sword longer than the height of an average human. The famous Norimitsu Odachi sword at the Kibitsu shrine in Okayama Prefecture, Japan, is the perfect specimen of such a w… Read More
There is something so appealing, so intriguing, so very wonderful about this Land of the Rising Sun that has aroused the curiosity of visitors from all over the globe ever since Japan opened… Read More