THE MYSTERY OF THE GROWING NECK BUDDHA

Back in 1991, the head of the Manji–no–Sekibutsu (Stone Buddha of Manji), a 3.3–meter tall statue in Japan's mountainous Nagano Prefectu...

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TOKYO BY SOUNDTRUCK: UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH JAPAN'S "FAR-RIGHT"

Introduction: This is an old Tokyo Journal  article from the 1990s by Michael McDongah. As it is no longer available anywhere but well worth...

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Video: Daido Moriyama's "Hokkaido"

Daido Moriyama is a legend of Japanese photography. He is well known for his raw, gritty, and often decentred images, often taken without ev...

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THE KING WHO WANTED TO BE A RICKSHAW BOY

Edward VIII when still "Prince of Wales" dressed as a Japanese rickshaw boy

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ODAIBA!

America is often described as a "proposition nation," but Odaiba is a proposition metropolis, sitting just next to Tokyo, across t...

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JUST NOTICED ANOTHER GAIJIN HAS DIED: DOREEN SIMMONDS

Doreen Simmonds 2010 Fujiland knows everybody in Japan, by which, of course, we mean the country's tiny ex-pat community. We don't k...

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EYES WIDE...OPEN

This short, satirical article was first published in Tokyo YY Vol 4 No 88, Sept 1999 " Shibuya Crosssing" by Marco Santaniello (cl...

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VIDEO: WHAT AMERICA CAN LEARN FROM JAPAN

Japan has learned so much from America and is deeply grateful. Now it is time for America to learn something to its advantage from Japan. Th...

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VIDEO: TOKYO GAME SHOW 2017

Some clips from the 2017 Tokyo Game Show, held at Makuhari Messe. As usual, a lot of scantily dressed women were attempting to distract visi...

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JAP BAP

I'm not really sure why, but the Bronze Age Pervert aesthetic has been winning on the Internet for some time now. This aesthetic is ess...

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