- Fri. May 9th, 2025
Go-Betweens: The World Seen through Children
Mori Art Museum will start an exhibition that focuses on life through the eyes of children, in a country that faces a shortage of them and an ageing population.
Photos from Tokyo Rainbow Pride 2014
Japan's 3rd annual gay pride parade was held in Yoyogi Park and Shibuya yesterday.
Tokyo Rainbow Pride 2014
Tokyo's 3rd annual gay pride parade will be held on April 16, 2014.
Exploring the “hidden legacy” of World War II internment camps
Rather than being stamped out, traditional Japanese performing arts flourished within the World War II internment camps that Japanese-Americans were imprisoned in.
A Look at Japan’s Annual Penis Worshipping Festival
The Kanamara Festival is held each year in Kawasaki City. Here, phallic objects and candies are in abundance.
Rakuten stops selling whale meat, but will still sell thermometers
Japan's biggest e-commerce website, Rakuten, ordered all of its merchants to stop selling whale meat on the website. No news yet on what will happen to the other exotic products…
Pole dancing goths, Day-Glo Dominatrix, and gay pride–a crazy night at Tokyo Decadance
Tokyo Decadance Bar is one of the favorite hangouts of Tokyo’s alternative, Goth and Cyber club kids. Here are photos from two trips to "Decabar." Don't miss the infamous Preta…
A Not-So-Neat Collage of Daily Life: The Work of Kon Wajiro
Kon Wajiro’s work is a sociological survey of urban life, touching upon the often looked-over and taken-for-granted intricacies of daily routine.
Understand Abe & his right wing crew, but focus on Japan. “You’re talking to the wrong people”
Abe and a slice of Japan's ruling class believe Japan did a noble deed with its war to throw off the white man's yoke in Asia and free the colored…
Mt.Gox: The Bitcoin Exchange Eruption Timeline
How did Mt.Gox, once the largest #Bitcoin exchange fall apart and why couldn't it be saved. (To the best of my knowledge) Magic Trading Cards & Magic Money