Photo: "Mujin" Store

Click to enlarge In Japan, thanks to monoculturalism, high social trust, and Confucian morality, it is possible to have "mujin...

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Photo: Momoko Kikuchi "Fire Woman"

Because Japanese cities are overwhelmingly built from wood, they are extremely susceptible to fire, so every spring there is a fire pr...

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PHOTO: THROUGH A JAPANESE TRAIN WINDOW

Click to enlarge. A photo of passengers taken through a train window at Shinjuku station. Notice the pervasivenesss of smart phone u...

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Photo: Takarazuka Poster

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Photo: Have Bonsai Will Travel

This photo shows a mobile bonsai merchant, spotted in the swanky shopping district of Ginza. Everything is packed in the back of motor ...

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Photo: Emperor Hirohito in Disneyland

During a 1975 visit to the United States, Emperor Hirohito paid a visit to Disneyland, where America's head of state, a large mo...

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Photo: Platform Scene

Some passengers in Tokyo waiting for a train – a portly "computer games enthusiast," two elderly ladies (with dyed hair), and...

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Photo: Mimicking Gaijin

Japan is very international: it welcomes stereotypes from all round the world! This is from a popular and regular rakugo show on Ja...

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Lady Gaga on Japanese TV

Lady Gaga with her new Hello Kitty look appearing on Japanese breakfast TV, 29th of June, 2011. The subititles say, "The reason fo...

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Photo: Educational Toilet Paper

Because Japan is an exporting country that is heavily reliant on its overseas business, much emphasis is put on learning English. New me...

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Photo: Sleeping on the Train

One of the things that stands out when you arrive in Fujiland are all the people sleeping in public. In libraries, parks, schools, col...

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