you’ll get even bigger sticker shock at high-end fruit stores in Japan. Expensive fruits are a status symbol in the gift-giving culture, which explains why you can find pears for $19 ...

While Masa and his fellows might seem strange, their hobbies are not entirely beyond the scope of Japanese culture. The nation has long nurtured a fascination with artifice — think bonsai ...

In Japanese pop culture, RinRin notes, flushed cheeks are usually associated with young people because they’re more likely to play outside or make endearing mistakes. “The usual angled blush ...

00:00 IST 9 weird, yet extraordinary, things you will find only in Japan! Japan is a popular tourist destination that is known for its rich cultural heritage and technological advancements.

However, by the standards of Japanese culture — especially Japanese celebrity ... agency process during an offseason he describes as “weird.” Feb. 29, 2024 Last year, Ohtani conducted ...

This is the second of a two-part series on a tour Pete McMartin and his wife, Sue, did of southern Japan. It has to be ... was much more majestic. The weird? It was in Kyoto’s massive covered ...

Despite having played a major role entertaining Chinese citizens following the Cultural Revolution, Japanese musicians ... here's a weird algorithm-generated surprise. But the challenge is ...