A Celebration of Japan’s Mountains Did you know that around 70% of Japan’s land mass is mountainous? A striking contrast to the densely...

Cherry Blossom Season in Japan A period of celebration, cherry blossom season in Japan is known as Hanami and sees locals and visitors...

Meet Tanjiro Kamado If you’re not familiar with Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba yet, trends suggest that you soon will be. Set in Japan’s...

To many people around the world, videogames will always be inextricably linked with Japan. Japanese firms Sony and Nintendo have...

Translating Raindrops Can you think of 1200 ways to describe rain? According to one specialist dictionary on the subject, that’s roughly...

Japan’s secret weapon against COVID-19 A massive outbreak of COVID-19 cases has thus far failed to materialise in Japan. As of 15 April...