According to the just-discovered MustLoveJapan website (thanks @DebAoki!), Himeji Castle will be closing for repairs and upgrades beginning April 2010, until sometime in 2015. If you've ...

Book-Off in Kyoto. Frighteningly cheap books. Casa Magazine Cover in an Osaka Bookstore. Featuring a lovely little colour Moomin illustration. Osaka Bookstore-- 21 prints magazine with a ...

That's a huge fucking cell-phone strap, let me tell you. - Chris

We ate really well in Japan, and savoured tons of local delicacies, a range of fusion cuisines from China, India, Pakistan, and Korea, melding with ...

One of the most interesting posts I've read in the last little while comes from TokyoMango blogger Lisa Katayama (writing at BoingBoing), called "Why It's ...

So one of the things that absolutely blew me away is that, for a dollar, you can buy a cup of ice cubes at most ...

One of the things that really took me back in Japan? The alcohol culture in general is a hell of a lot more enlightened than ...