But for the past 15 years, Universal Studios Japan, a.k.a. USJ, has also been trying to incorporate some genuine fear into its Halloween Horror Nights, and it’s taking things up to an unprecedented ...

The Taco Bell chain started out in the U.S., in California, in 1962, and today it’s one of the biggest Mexican food restaurant chains in the world, with thousands of branches, most in America. In ...

And it’s not just any face that this lettuce has, but the face of Tatsuya Fujiwara, which is also the face of Death Note’s Light Yagami, who was portrayed by Fujiwara in the 2006 live-action ...

Turning a samurai film set into a monster dance party with J-pop choreography. Many tourists to the ancient Japanese capital of Kyoto are familiar with its shrines and temples, bu ...

You’re not mistaken — we really have circled a public toilet, and this one is said to be very different to the other two public restrooms in the vicinity. This site has recently been gaining attention ...

Now, East Japan Railways (JR East) has come up with a creative solution to the problem by opening up one of its bullet trains as a place to stay overnight.

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One country’s travelers spend more than double the total average for tourists in Japan, and it’s one the Japanese tourism industry hasn’t paid much attention to.

Trading cards have become so popular in Japan that the government is now getting involved, but what does this mean for fans?

Tenryu Futamata Station, in Shizuoka Prefecture, isn’t a station that a lot of people need to go to, given its relatively ...

The Fujinomiya Trail, one of the most popular routes to the top of Mt. Fuji, opened for this year’s climbing season on July 10. Just one week later, Mt. Fuji had its first death of the 2026 season, ...