Science fiction is only fiction until someone figu...  ...rials are acquired.(Image Link)The decline of the Japanese middle class has made it hard for men (specifical...

Once upon a time, a terrible disease called kakke...  ...e disease called kakke ravaged the aristocracy in Japan . A patient could recover, or could die of the dis...  ...and laborious to husk, hull, polish, and wash. In Japan , the poor ate brown rice, or other carbohydrates...  ...s were developed to hull and...

Any old tent will work when you're staying at a ca...  ...ough, the tent is only slated for availability in Japan .-Via DesignTAXI

Hollywood movie titles are often changed for other...  ...st and Furious movie series as they are titled in Japan , which are more descriptive of the movies. The Fa...  ...tive of the movies. The Fast & The Furious in Japan is Wild Speed2 Fast 2 Furious in Japan is Wild Spe...

Before it was called a kimono, which simply means...  ...a kimono, which simply means "wearing thing," the Japanese garment was called kosode. As in other places aro...  ...changed from that point is what made it uniquely Japanese , just as clothing in other parts of the world wer...  ...ltural signifiers.Like m...

In the 1820s, Japanese artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi illustrated a series of...  ...s the other way around. While there may have been Japanese men with large, colorful tattoos before Kuniyoshi...  ...Boston, is the author of the new book Tattoos in Japanese Prints. She talked to Coll...

How does one celebrate Halloween in Japan ? The holiday wasn't a thing until a critical numb...  ...and they dressed up in costumes and did what the Japanese do -ride the commuter trains. In the 1990s, train...  ...signs that read, “Stupid Gaijin, Get out of Japan !&rdquo...

Dressing up your kitty this Halloween? Even if you...  ...ms these elastic-secured hats are all the rage in Japan and now your little furball can be totally chic a...

The Ainu people have lived on Hokkaido for over 20...  ...ido is the northern of the two largest islands of Japan . The other, Honshu, is the dominant culture, so m...  ...the dominant culture, so most children raised in Japan learn little about the indigenous Ainu. In fact,...  ...elieve the Ainu are extinct! B...

The following is an article from Uncle John's OLD...  ...ve occasion to visit a children’s school in Japan , use the third stall in the third-floor bathroom...  ...countries have Babau, and so on. Moms and dads in Japan have a similar tradition. But where the American...  ...ed in vague and amorphous terms...