When planning a trip to Japan, it’s difficult to create an itinerary that includes all of the beautiful places you have read about hear....
22 Sep 6:20 am  from  Nihongoup   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Coracoes Sujos or “Dirty Hearts” is a new film by Brazilian filmmaker Vicente Amorim and is based off a fictional book ....
3 Sep 12:55 am  from  Jamaipanese   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Today is 「終戦記念日」 (lit. “Anniversary of the end of the war”), or, as it’s referred to in the West, VJ Day. So today is th....
15 Aug 6:16 pm  from  Tokyo Five   [Profile]  [Recent] 

British and Japanese ultranationalists will shrug off protests from war veterans in an unlikely show of solidarity at a con....
14 Aug 10:09 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Today is the sixty-fifth anniversary of the atomic bombing of 長崎 (Nagasaki, Japan). Last year I wrote a post (click here) about the peac....
9 Aug 2:30 am  from  Tokyo Five   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Yesterday was 「土用の丑の日」 (“The Day of the Ox“). This is a day that occurs once or twice every summer. It always falls on a....
27 Jul 11:10 am  from  Tokyo Five   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Well, between procrastination and not having a means to visit, I finally checked out the Tachiarai Peace Hall. You may well imagine it to be....
11 Jul 9:40 am  from  Japanese Castle Explorer   [Profile]  [Recent] 

submit_url = "http://nihongoup.com/blog/5-epic-fails-and-controversies-involving-japan/"; Every country in the world has it’s ....
17 May 6:41 am  from  Nihongoup   [Profile]  [Recent] 

submit_url = "http://nihongoup.com/blog/godzilla-its-serious-business/"; Godzilla (Gojira, ゴジラ) is widely regarded as being ....
20 Apr 2:49 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 

Daisuke Obana, the designer behind Japanese label N.Hoolywood, isn’t your stereotypical otaku. He doesn’t collect figures or take pilgri....
18 Mar 11:18 pm  from  TokyoFashion.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Today is the 88th birthday of 水木しげる (Shigeru Mizuki). Mr. Shigeru Mizuki (born 1922 March 8) He is an anime artist that I like. Hi....
8 Mar 9:40 pm  from  Tokyo Five   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Holy crap!  I didn’t expect this, though it was a long time coming.  Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada officially apologized to K....
12 Feb 11:12 am  from  Joshua Zimmerman   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Thousands of protesters from across Japan marched today in Tokyo to protest against U.S. military presence on Okinawa, while a Cabinet minis....
1 Feb 7:46 am  from  Okinawa Expatriate   [Profile]  [Recent] 

The top U.S. military official in Japan will discuss U.S.-Japan military relations on live TV Thursday night as the controversy over the rel....
28 Jan 7:23 am  from  Okinawa Expatriate   [Profile]  [Recent] 

In late December last year, shipwreck hunters discovered the wreck of the AHS Centaur, an Australian Hospital Ship that was sunk by a Japane....
11 Jan 9:41 pm  from  Guyjin.me   [Profile]  [Recent] 

I already wrote about this last year, so I’ll try not to repeat myself (please click here to see my post from last year…with pictures). ....
8 Dec 12:39 am  from  Tokyo Five   [Profile]  [Recent]